Why do diplomas pay? An expanded Mincerian framework applied to Mexico

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3127-3144

  Mehta, Aashish ^a   Villarreal, Hector ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57549116627     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600994120     Document Type: Article

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