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Interpreting Degree Effects in the Returns to Education

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes and Audrey Light
Journal of Human Resources, March 2010, 45 (2) 439-467; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.2.439
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vol. 45 no. 2 439-467
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.2.439
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received August 1, 2008
  • Accepted February 1, 2009
  • Published online March 29, 2010.
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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes and
  2. Audrey Light
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