Correcting for sampling bias in education production functions

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-124

  Parker, Kudayja ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Education production function; Heckman; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; MICROECONOMICS; MODELING; SAMPLING BIAS; STUDENT;

EID: 34247373474     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2007.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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