Premiums and penalties for surplus and deficit education: Evidence from the United States and Germany

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-178

  Daly, Mary C ^a   Büchel, Felix ^b   Duncan, Greg J ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross country comparisons; Deficit education; I21; J31; Overeducation; Surplus education; Undereducation; Wages

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033994966     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(99)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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