The effect of education on cognitive ability

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 838-856

  Falch, Torberg ^a   Sandgren Massih, Sofia ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEGAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS;

EID: 79959728305     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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