Life-cycle earnings, education premiums, and internal rates of return

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 993-1030

  Bhuller, Manudeep ^a,b   Mogstad, Magne ^a,b   Salvanes, Kjell G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 85029753649     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692509     Document Type: Article

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