The relationship between religion and earnings: Recent evidence from the NLS Youth Cohort

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 572-581

  Steen, Todd P ^a  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Human capital; Religion; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744492505     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290410529399     Document Type: Article

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