Recent shifts in wage inequality and the wage returns to education in Britain

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-96

  Machin, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002327173     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002795019816600111     Document Type: Article

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