The socioeconomic return to primary schooling in Victorian England

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1026-1053

  Long, Jason ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WAGE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947586989     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050706000416     Document Type: Article

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