A review of estimates of the schooling/earnings relationship, with tests for publication bias

Labour Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-470

  Ashenfelter, Orley ^a   Harmon, Colm ^b   Oosterbeek, Hessel ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estimates; Rate of return; Schooling earnings relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033228683     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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