Non-linearities in the returns to education: Sheepskin effects or threshold levels of human capital?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-173

  Patrinos, Harry Anthony ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0003832187     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048596356609     Document Type: Article

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