Does Education Improve Cognitive Performance Four Decades After School Completion?

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 619-643

  Schneeweis, Nicole ^a,b   Skirbekk, Vegard ^c   Winter Ebmer, Rudolf ^a,b,d,e  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive functioning; Compulsory education; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84897488927     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0281-1     Document Type: Article

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