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Were there no returns to education in the USSR? Estimates from Soviet-period household data

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  • Katz, Katarina, 1999. "Were there no returns to education in the USSR? Estimates from Soviet-period household data," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 417-434, September.
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