Numeracy, literacy and earnings: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 511-521

  Dougherty, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LITERACY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0041823241     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(03)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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