Measurement error in schooling data: The OECD case

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Serrano, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL;

EID: 0037429049     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850210148099     Document Type: Article

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