The educated Russian's curse: Returns to education in the Russian Federation during the 1990s

Labour

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-41

  Cheidvasser, Sofia ^a   Benítez silva, Hugo ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR; MARKET TRANSITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33847609574     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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