Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States, 1960-2000
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- Pedro Carneiro & Sokbae Lee, 2011. "Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States, 1960-2000," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 101(6), pages 2309-2349, October.
- Pedro Carneiro & Sokbae Lee, 2009. "Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960-2000," CeMMAP working papers CWP02/09, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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inequality; college premium; composition effects;JEL classification:
- J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
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