The returns to education in rural areas

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-259

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a,c   Rupasingha, Anil ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Mincer equation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN CAPITAL; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944441958     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: 0048749X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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