A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950-2010

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-198

  Barro, Robert J ^a   Lee, Jong Wha ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Education; Human capital

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CENSUS; DATA SET; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 84881263382     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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