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The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
Troesken, Werner - The MIT Press
In The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster, Werner Troesken looks at a long-running environmental and public health catastrophe: 150 years of lead pipes in local water systems and the associated sickness, premature death, political inaction, and social denial. The harmful effects of lead water pipes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991828
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The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
Troesken, Werner - The MIT Press
In The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster, Werner Troesken looks at a long-running environmental and public health catastrophe: 150 years of lead pipes in local water systems and the associated sickness, premature death, political inaction, and social denial. The harmful effects of lead water pipes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973003
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Inequality and Growth: Theory and Policy Implications
Eicher, Theo S. (contributor);  … - The MIT Press
, transition, labor markets, and education. A theme common to all the essays is the importance of education in reducing inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005237325
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Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem
Woessmann, Ludger (contributor);  … - The MIT Press
tools of economics to assess the outcome of efforts to solve education's equal opportunity problem in a range of countries … between education and parental income, the problematic past research on peer effects, tracking, the distribution of … suggests that achieving universal primary and secondary education is both urgently needed and feasible. Will the international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973014