Wage equations and education policy

Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Theory and Applications, Eighth World Congress, Volume II

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 41-72

  Wolpin, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511610257.003     Document Type: Chapter

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