Wage determinants: A survey and reinterpretation of human capital earnings functions

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 1, Issue C, 1986, Pages 525-602

  Willis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0344847593     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(86)01013-1     Document Type: Review

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