The external returns to education: UK evidence using repeated cross-sections

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 619-630

  Kirby, Simon ^a   Riley, Rebecca ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Externalities; Growth; Human capital; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049105749     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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