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The Growing Importance of Cognitive Skills in Wage Determination

Richard J. Murnane John B. Willett Frank Levy

Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 77 No. 2 pp. 251 · MIT Press

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Published: May 01, 1995
Vol/Issue: 77(2)
Pages: 251

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Richard J. Murnane

John B. Willett

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Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Frank Levy (1995). The Growing Importance of Cognitive Skills in Wage Determination. Review of Economics and Statistics, 77(2), 251. https://doi.org/10.2307/2109863

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