Declining returns to education in Norway? Comparing estimates across cohorts, sectors and over time

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-576

  Hœgeland, Torbjørn ^a   Klette, Tor Jakob ^b   Salvanes, Kjell G ^c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort effects; Returns to education; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039442789     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00173     Document Type: Article

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