Determinants of Urban Worker Earnings in Ghana and Tanzania: The Role of Education
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Cited by:- Vincent Leyaro & Priscilla Twumasi Baffour & Oliver Morrissey & Trudy Owens, 2014. "Determinants of Urban Labour Earnings in Tanzania, 2000/01-06," Discussion Papers 14/03, University of Nottingham, CREDIT.
- Mlacha, Cornel J. & Ndanshau, Michael O.A, 2018. "Education and Labour Earnings Inequality in Tanzania: Evidence from Quantile Regression Analysis," MPRA Paper 89173, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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