The NBER Digest: December 2002 Issue

Publication Date: December 2002

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Effects of the Tax Cut on Saving * Impact of Devaluations on Commodity Firms * Whose Employment is Affected by Unions? * The G.I. Bill, World War II, and the Education of Black Americans * Credit Access Cuts Child Labor in Developing Countries * Social Insurance Programs Have Large Labor Supply Effects

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