Family background, self-confidence and economic outcomes

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 824-834

  Filippin, Antonio ^a,b   Paccagnella, Marco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LEARNING; MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 84864075516     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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