College choice and subsequent earnings: Results using Swedish sibling data

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 437-457

  Lindahl, Lena ^a   Regnér, Håkan ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations   (Sweden)

Author keywords

College types; Earnings equations; Education; Siblings

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 27844452006     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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