Can the human capital approach explain life-cycle wage differentials between races and sexes?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-39

  Wu, Huoying ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33847259189     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2006.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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