Estimating Returns to Schooling: When Does the Career Begin?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-45

  Light, Audrey ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002150468     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(97)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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