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The age-period cohort problem: set identification and point identification Martin Browning Ian Crawford Marike Knoef The Institute for Fiscal Studies Department of Economics, UCL cemmap working paper CWP02/12
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The age-period cohortproblem: set identificationand point identification

Martin BrowningIan CrawfordMarike Knoef

The Institute for Fiscal StudiesDepartment of Economics, UCL

cemmap working paper CWP02/12

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