Czech relative wages and returns to schooling: Does the short supply of college education bite?

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 83-95

  Jurajda, Štěpán ^a  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544461036     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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