Returns to Higher Education - Graduate and Discipline Premiums
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Keywords
graduate premium; discipline premiums; higher-education choice; subject-job match; causal effects;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2022-06-13 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2022-06-13 (Labour Economics)
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