Gender differences in the effect of education on the slope of experience-earnings profiles: National longitudinal survey of youth, 1979-1988

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-471

  Duncan, Kevin C ^a  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

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EID: 0039562113     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1996.tb02645.x     Document Type: Article

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