The effect of noncognitive ability on the earnings of young men: A distributional analysis with measurement error correction

Labour Economics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 293-304

  Eren, Ozkan ^a   Ozbeklik, Serkan ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Instrumental quantile regression; Measurement error; Noncognitive ability; Sample selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886306099     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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