Increasing Returns to Education: Theory and Evidence
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- Booth, Alison L & Coles, Melvyn G & Gong, Xiaodong, 2007. "Increasing Returns to Education: Theory and Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 6266, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
returns to education; home production; labor supply;JEL classification:
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2006-05-13 (All new papers)
- NEP-DGE-2006-05-13 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-EDU-2006-05-13 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2006-05-13 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-PBE-2006-05-13 (Public Economics)
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