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Part III - Investment in Human Capital, Productivity, and Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2021

Avi Ben-Bassat
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Reuben Gronau
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Asaf Zussman
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The Israeli Economy, 1995–2017
Light and Shadow in a Market Economy
, pp. 327 - 524
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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