A note on the rate of return to investment in education in Belgium

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Nonneman, Walter ^a   Cortens, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 5844230941     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048597355447     Document Type: Article

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