The Wage Return to Education: What Hides Behind the Least Squares Bias?
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Keywords
wages; education; least squares;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2015-02-28 (Education)
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