Economic returns to education: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Where We Are Going-Some brief pointers

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1118-1122

  Dickson, Matt ^a,b,c   Harmon, Colm ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education policy; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATION POLICY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 80054871183     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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