Empirical evidence on the functional form of the earnings-schooling relationship

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 346, 1974, Pages 350-354

  Heckman, James ^a,b,c   Polachek, Solomon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84918415133     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1974.10482952     Document Type: Article

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