College quality and wages in the United States

German Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-443

  Black, Dan ^a   Daniel, Kermit ^b   Smith, Jeffrey ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Katzenbach Partners LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

College quality; Selection on observables; Wages

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; STUDENT; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244459476     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2005.00140.x     Document Type: Review

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