English language proficiency and earnings in a developing country: The case of South Africa

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-393

  Casale, Daniela ^a   Posel, Dorrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Earnings; Language policy; Language proficiency; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957595657     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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