The relevance of standard estimates of rates of return to schooling for education policy: A critical assessment

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-290

  Glewwe, Paul ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghana; I21; Investments in education; J24; O15; Returns to schooling; School quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000009330     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00415-4     Document Type: Article

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