Higher-education policies and the college wage premium: Cross-state evidence from the 1990s

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 959-987

  Fortin, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 33847653898     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.4.959     Document Type: Article

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