The returns to education in the sub-baccalaureate labor market, 1984-1990

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-245

  Grubb, W Norton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000924878     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(97)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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