Returns to investment in education: A global update

World Development

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1325-1343

  Psacharopoulos, George ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 0028582326     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(94)90007-8     Document Type: Article

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