Does attending elite colleges pay in China?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-88

  Li, Hongbin ^a   Meng, Lingsheng ^a   Shi, Xinzheng ^a   Wu, Binzhen ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Elite college; First job wage; Wage premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856210220     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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