Who Receives the College Wage Premium? Assessing the Labor Market Returns to Degrees and College Transfer Patterns
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- Audrey Light & Wayne Strayer, 2004. "Who Receives the College Wage Premium?: Assessing the Labor Market Returns to Degrees and College Transfer Patterns," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 39(3).
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