Social returns to education: Macro-evidence

Economist

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-468

  Canton, Erik ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Panel data; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MACROECONOMICS; PANEL DATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 35848968436     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-007-9072-z     Document Type: Article

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