Is Investing in College Education Risky?
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Schooling; Risk Differential; Risk Premium; Selection Bias.;JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
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