Education, Skills and Learning

The link between the number of books in your childhood home and your earnings

Children read books at Montevideo's Independencia square while participating in the activity "Al Aire Libro" that encourages reading in public spaces, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Andres Stapff - RTX1R5PA

Children read books at Montevideo's Independencia square Image: REUTERS/Andres Stapff

Christoph Weiss
Economist, European Investment Bank
Giorgio Brunello
Professor of Economics, University of Padova
Guglielmo Weber
Professor of Econometrics, University of Padua.
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