Private returns to investment in education: An empirical study of urban China

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-501

  Qian, Xiaolei ^a   Smyth, Russell ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; PUBLIC SPENDING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57349183071     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631370802444732     Document Type: Article

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