Returns to schooling and Bayesian model averaging: A union of two literatures

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-180

  Tobias, Justin L ^a   Li, Mingliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Model averaging; Returns to schooling; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODELING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 16544369967     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0950-0804.2004.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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