Economic returns to schooling for China's Korean minority

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-102

  Mishra, Vinod ^a   Smyth, Russell ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Koreans, China, Education, Minority, Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875266215     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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