Schooling choices: Preferences, discount rates, and rates of return

Empirical Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-34

  Oosterbeek, Hessel ^a   Van Ophem, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ability; Human capital; Schooling preferences; Wages

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATE; MODELING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 0034074038     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810050002     Document Type: Article

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