The NBER Digest: March 2006 Issue

Publication Date: March 2006

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* How Daughters Affect Their Legislator Fathers' Voting on Women's Issues * America's Unsustainable Current Account Deficit * Do Macro Variables, Asset Markets, Or Surveys Forecast Inflation Better? * What Do Parents Value in Education? * Service Offshoring Raises U.S. Productivity

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