Three observations on wages and measured cognitive ability

Labour Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 419-442

  Cawley, John ^a   Heckman, James ^b   Vytlacil, Edward ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; J24; J31; Returns to education; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041760284     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(01)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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