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Ability sorting and the returns to college major
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Metadata
- Authors
- Arcidiacono, P.
- Venue
- Journal of Econometrics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-07
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 343-375
- ISSN
- 0304-4076 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1996046340
- Cited by
- 833
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 14.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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