The relative risk aversion hypothesis of educational choice

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 683-713

  Davies, Richard ^a   Heinesen, Eskil ^b   Holm, Anders ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Educational choice; Human capital; Intergenerational mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036452315     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480100087     Document Type: Article

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