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Returns for Education in Kosovo: Estimates of Wage and Employment Premia

   | Jun 03, 2011

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ISSN:
1840-118X
Language:
English
Publication timeframe:
2 times per year
Journal Subjects:
Business and Economics, Political Economics, other, Business Management