Wage returns to schooling in Nigeria

African Development Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-455

  Aromolaran, Adebayo B ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INVESTMENT; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 19044396456     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1017-6772.2004.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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