Interpreting instrumental variables estimates of the returns to schooling

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 358-364

  Kling, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Average causal response weighting function; Two stage least squares; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035628847     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500101681020006     Document Type: Article

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