Long-run returns to education: Does schooling lead to an extended old age?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 695-721

  van Kippersluis, Hans ^a   O'donnell, Owen ^a,b   van Doorslaer, Eddy ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; EDUCATION REFORM; HEALTH IMPACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 79959980813     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.46.4.695     Document Type: Article

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