The effect of school inputs on labor market returns that account for selective migration

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-54

  McHenry, Peter ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; Return to education; School quality; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MIGRATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 78649870773     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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