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Research Article

Returns to higher education in China – evidence from the 1999 higher education expansion using a fuzzy regression discontinuity

Fengyan Daia School of Public Administration, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, ChinaView further author information
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Fang Caib Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
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Yu Zhua School of Public Administration, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China;c School of Business, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK;d IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 489-494 | Published online: 12 Jan 2021

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