Measurement Error in Schooling: Evidence from Samples of Siblings and Identical Twins

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Light, Audrey ^a   Flores Lagunes, Alfonso ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

measurement error; schooling; within family estimators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952819071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1538-0645.1522     Document Type: Article

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