Education expansion and returns to schooling in urban China, 2001–2010: evidence from three waves of the China Urban Labor Survey

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-201

  Gao, Wenshu ^a   Smyth, Russell ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; education expansion; returns to schooling

Indexed keywords

LABOR RELATIONS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POPULATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84924315433     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2014.970607     Document Type: Article

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