A note on schooling and wage inequality in the public and private sector

Empirical Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-392

  Patrinos, Harry Anthony ^a   Ridao Cano, Cristobal ^a   Sakellariou, Chris ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Quantile regression; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

INCOME; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349738008     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-008-0236-8     Document Type: Article

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