Language skills and earnings: Evidence from a pre-industrial economy in the Bolivian Amazon

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-360

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Seyfried, Craig ^a   Huanca, Tomás ^a   Leonard, William R ^b   McDade, Thomas ^b   Tanner, Susan ^b   Vadez, Vincent ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development: Human capital; Economic impact; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUNTER-GATHERER; LANGUAGE; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248189687     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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