How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 435-454

  Wang, Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 84876322195     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2012.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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