Disentangling the college wage premium: Estimating a model with endogenous education choices

International Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1151-1185

  Fang, Hanming ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750465801     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2006.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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