Postsecondary education and increasing wage inequality

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-199

  Lemieux, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 33744542107     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282806777211667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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