Students' expectations of the economic returns to college education: Results of a controlled experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 645-653

  Botelho, Anabela ^a,b   Pinto, Lígia Costa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b NIMA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4844224852     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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