College choice and wages: Estimates using data on female twins

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 672-684

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Rosenzweig, Mark R ^a   Taubman, Paul ^a  

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EID: 0030505956     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109954     Document Type: Article

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