The returns to english-language skills in India

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-367

  Azam, Mehtabul ^a   Chin, Aimee ^b   Prakash, Nishith ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL LEGACY; COMMUNICATION; GLOBALIZATION; INDEPENDENCE; LANGUAGE;

INDIA;

EID: 84872352984     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668277     Document Type: Article

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