Can The Human Capital Approach Explain Life‐Cycle Wage Differentials Between Races And Sexes?
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- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
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