Upward bias in the estimated returns to education: Evidence from South Africa

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1354-1368

  Hertz, Thomas ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042524989     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803769206331     Document Type: Article

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