High school employment, high school curriculum, and post-school wages

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-309

  Light, Audrey ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High school curriculum; Human capital; Work experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040597131     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(99)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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