The medium-term labor market returns to community college awards: Evidence from North Carolina

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-55

  Liu, Vivian Y T ^a   Belfield, Clive R ^b   Trimble, Madeline J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Higher education; Returns to education; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921019356     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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