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The economic returns to college major, quality and performance: A multilevel analysis of recent graduates
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rumberger, R. W., & Thomas, S. L.
- Venue
- Economics of Education Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1993-03
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-19
- ISSN
- 0272-7757 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2059425733
- Cited by
- 274
- References
- 28
- FWCI
- 7.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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