Earning differences by major field of study: Evidence from three cohorts of recent Canadian graduates

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-192

  Finnie, Ross ^a,b   Frenette, Marc ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0037399997     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(02)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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