Do different dimensions of male high school students' skills predict labor market success a decade later? Evidence from the NLSY

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 311-320

  Murnane, Richard J ^a   Willett, John B ^a   Braatz, M Jay ^b   Duhaldeborde, Yves ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b Spencer Foundation   (United States)

^c International Survey Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human capital; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342468008     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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