Family background variables as instruments for education in income regressions: A Bayesian analysis

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-523

  Hoogerheide, Lennart ^a   Block, Joern H ^b,c   Thurik, Roy ^b,d,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^e MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Earnings; Education; Exclusion restriction; Family background variables; Income; Instrumental variables

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAVINGS;

EID: 84861206717     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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