Birth order, educational attainment, and earnings: An investigation using the PSID

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 755-777

  Kantarevic, Jasmin ^a   Mechoulan, Stéphane ^b  

^a Ontario Medical Association   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; RACIAL DISPARITY;

EID: 33846374435     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xli.4.755     Document Type: Article

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