Private returns to an university education: An instrumental variables approach

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-438

  Salas Velasco, Manuel ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Earnings differential; Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

EID: 32344448410     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6413-6     Document Type: Review

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