Who receives the college wage premium? Assessing the labor market returns to degrees and college transfer patterns

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 746-773

  Light, Audrey ^a   Strayer, Wayne ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Welch Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5744237883     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558995     Document Type: Article

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