The wage effects of not-for-profit and for-profit certifications: Better data, somewhat different results

Labour Economics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-243

  Lang, Kevin ^a   Weinstein, Russell ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

For profit education; Higher education; Returns to schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885042635     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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