Ability and rates of return to schooling-making use of the Swedish enlistment battery test

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 703-717

  Nordin, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Return to schooling; Test score

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749093225     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0131-6     Document Type: Article

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