Human capital attainment, university quality, and entry-level wages for college transfer students

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 457-469

  Hilmer, Michael J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036806501     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061683     Document Type: Article

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