Are Returns to Schooling Concentrated among the Most Able? A Semiparametric Analysis of the Ability-earnings Relationships

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-29

  Tobias, Justin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0141573489     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00038     Document Type: Review

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