Ability and rates of return to schooling—making use of the Swedish enlistment battery test
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Keywords
Cognitive ability; Test score; Return to schooling; D31; I21; J24;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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