Primary schooling, cognitive skills and wages in South Africa

Economica

Volumn 65, Issue 258, 1998, Pages 263-284

  Moll, Peter G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; COGNITIVE SKILL; EDUCATION POLICY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL PLANNING; WAGE DETERMINANT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031696126     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00127     Document Type: Article

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