The return to schooling: Estimates from a sample of young Australian twins

Labour Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-587

  Miller, Paul ^a   Mulvey, Charles ^a   Martin, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ability; Twins; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748908452     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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