Reconciling the old and new census bureau education questions: Recommendations for researchers

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 300-309

  Jaeger, David A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Current population survey; Return to education; U.S. Census; Wage equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031481783     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1997.10524708     Document Type: Article

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