The structure of wages during the economic transition in Romania

Economic Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-366

  Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantile regression; Returns to education; Romania; Wage differential

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542611334     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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