Labor Market Returns to Sub-Baccalaureate Credentials: How Much Does a Community College Degree or Certificate Pay?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 399-418

  Dadgar, Mina ^a   Trimble, Madeline Joy ^b  

^a Career Ladders Project   (United States)

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

Author keywords

community college; credentials; labor market; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949638074     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373714553814     Document Type: Article

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