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Who Receives the College Wage Premium?

Assessing the Labor Market Returns to Degrees and College Transfer Patterns

Audrey Light and Wayne Strayer
Journal of Human Resources, July 2004, 39 (3) 746-773; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.39.3.746
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vol. 39 no. 3 746-773
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.39.3.746
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received January 1, 2002
  • Accepted February 1, 2003
  • Published online July 1, 2004.
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© 2004 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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