Do the returns to community colleges differ between academic and vocational programs?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 134-155

  Gill, Andrew M ^a   Leigh, Duane E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037413044     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1558759     Document Type: Article

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