Priceless: The nonpecuniary benefits of schooling

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-184

  Oreopoulos, Philip ^a,b   Salvanes, Kjell G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 79951779454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.25.1.159     Document Type: Article

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