Wage and test score dispersion: Some international evidence

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-43

  Bedard, Kelly ^a   Ferrall, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human cpital; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; TESTING METHOD; WAGE;

EID: 0037295099     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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