A simple economic theory of skill accumulation and schooling decisions

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-115

  Blankenau, William ^a   Camera, Gabriele ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education finance; Education policy; Human capital; Informational frictions; Matching; Multiple equilibria

Indexed keywords

EID: 30944465182     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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