Cognitive abilities and earnings - first evidence for Germany

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 699-702

  Anger, Silke ^a   Heineck, Guido ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAGE;

GERMANY;

EID: 77952360159     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850802297855     Document Type: Article

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