The causal effect of education on wages revisited*

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 477-498

  Dickson, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84879836708     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2012.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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