The role of mathematical and verbal skills on the returns to graduate and professional education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 664-675

  Song, Moohoun ^a   Orazem, Peter F ^b   Wohlgemuth, Darin ^b  

^a Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)   (South Korea)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Postgraduate; Qualitative skills; Quantitative skills; Rate of return; Sorting

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149117907     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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