Can education compensate for low ability? Evidence from British data

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 657-660

  Denny, Kevin ^a   O'Sullivan, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATION POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547580777     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500461639     Document Type: Article

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