Are there returns to the wages of young men from working while in school?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-236

  Joseph Hotz, V ^d   Xu, Lixin Colin ^d   Tienda, Marta ^d   Ahituv, Avner ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NONE

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EID: 18744384936     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302317411497     Document Type: Review

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