Education, cognitive skill, and labor force outcomes

Sociology of Education

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-24

  Kerckhoff, Alan C ^a   Raudenbush, Stephen W ^b   Glennie, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0035530209     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2673142     Document Type: Article

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