Rates of return to investments in formal and technical/vocational education in Singapore

Education Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-87

  Sakellariou, Chris ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037985299     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290210127525     Document Type: Article

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