Ethnicity, Neighborhoods, and Human Capital Externalities
National Bureau of Economic ResearchPublished 1 November 1994Open access
George J. Borjas
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Abstract
The socioeconomic performance of today's workers depends not only on parental skills, but also on the average skills of the ethnic group in the parent's generation (or ethnic capital).
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