Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: Estimates from a sample of twins

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Le, Anh T ^a   Miller, Paul W ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^b   Martin, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood behaviours; Educational attainment; Employment; Unemployment; Wages

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 11444267498     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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