Understanding the income gradient in college attendance in Mexico: The role of heterogeneity in expected returns

Quantitative Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-630

  Kaufmann, Katja Maria ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Local instrumental variables approach; Marginal returns to schooling; Mexico; Schooling choice; Subjective expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910044653     PISSN: 17597323     EISSN: 17597331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/QE259     Document Type: Article

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