Changes over time in the return to education in urban China: Conventional and ORU estimates

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-169

  Ren, Weiwei ^a,b   Miller, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Earnings; Rates of return; Schooling; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855452279     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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