Literacy and earnings: An investigation of the interaction of cognitive and unobserved skills in earnings generation

Labour Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-184

  Green, David A ^a   Riddell, W Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ability; Cognitive skills; Earnings; Education; Literacy; Noncognitiv skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037381179     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(03)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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