Does school quality matter? Evidence from the Hong Kong experience

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-170

  Lui, Hon Kwong ^a   Suen, Wing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; LANGUAGE; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0344197073     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8381.00057     Document Type: Article

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