Are returns to education on the decline in Venezuela and does Mission Sucre have a role to play?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1348-1369

  Gonzalez, Naihobe ^a   Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Educational economics; Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LIVING STANDARD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 80054851078     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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