Earnings and education in China's transition to a market economy Survey evidence from 1989 and 1992

China Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-40

  Maurer Fazio, Margaret ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Earnings determination; Educational returns; Labor market; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001837406     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-951X(99)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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