The determinants of educational attainment: Modeling and estimating the human capital model and education production functions

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 518-551

  Wilson, Kathryn ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035586915     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061450     Document Type: Article

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