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Manaloto Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 38, Number 4Jul., 1990 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/451833 Views: 65Total views on this site Citations: 83Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1990 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Kexin Zhang The long-term impact of higher education: Evidence from the Gaokao reinstatement in China, Economics of Education Review 97 (Dec 2023): 102488.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102488Hongbin Li, Huan Wang, Claire Cousineau, Matthew Boswell What Can Students Gain from China's Higher Education?, Asian Economic Policy Review 18, no.22 (Mar 2023): 287–304.https://doi.org/10.1111/aepr.12426Qiao Wen Trends in College–High School Wage Differentials in China: The Role of Cohort-Specific Labor Supply Shift, Sustainability 14, no.2424 (Dec 2022): 16917.https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416917Elif KAYA, Halil TUNALI Beşeri Sermayenin Önemi: Bilgi Çağında Çin, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 19, no.22 (Aug 2022): 889–900.https://doi.org/10.33437/ksusbd.1134474Tianya Hou, Ruike Zhang, Yawei Xie, Qianlan Yin, Wenpeng Cai, Wei Dong, Guanghui Deng, Shun Wang Education and subjective well-being in Chinese rural population: A multi-group structural equation model, PLOS ONE 17, no.33 (Mar 2022): e0264108.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264108Björn Gustafsson, Shi Li Economic Transformation and the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China, (Jan 2023): 115–146.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89265-4_6Qiao Wang Is it really hard to motivate those who are not highly educated? 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