Selection bias and human capital investment: Estimating the rates of return to education for young males

Labour Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-219

  Vella, Francis ^a   Gregory, R G ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human capital investment; Interaction bias; Rates of return; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030243387     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-5371(96)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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