A great place to start: The role of military service on human capital formation

Labour

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-45

  Hisnanick, John J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; RACIAL DISPARITY; WAGE GAP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037364880     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00220     Document Type: Article

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