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CONTENTS OF LATEST ISSUE: Volume 68 Issue 272:

1.Schooling Quality in a Cross–Section of Countries
Jong–Wha Lee & J. Robert Barro

2.Reach for the Stars: A Strategic Bidding Game
Lynne M. Pepall & Daniel J. Richards

3.Dynasties and Destiny: On the Roles of Altruism and Impatience in the
Evolution of Consumption and Bequests
Ita Falk & Oded Stark

4.Three Meanings of Intergenerational Mobility
Dirk Van De Gaer, Erik Schokkaert & Michel Maartinez

5.Self–Employment and Windfall Gains in Britain: Evidence from Panel Data
Mark P. Taylor

6.A Re–Evaluation of the Relation between Wages and Unemployment in the
United Kingdom
Fatemeh Shadman–Mehta

7.The Impact of Language Ability on Employment and Earnings of Britain’s
Ethnic Communities
Derek Leslie & Joanne Lindley

8.Book reviews

9.Books Received

10.Editors’ Report