The education and wages of immigrant children: The impact of age at arrival

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-212

  Gonzalez, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Rate of return; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037399518     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(02)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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