Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education: Evidence on Swedish Data
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Returns to education; Sheepskin effects;JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2000-04-17 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2000-04-17 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2000-04-17 (Labour Economics)
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