Evidence on the returns to secondary vocational education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-573

  Meer, Jonathan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Salary wage differentials; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 34548064954     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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