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Rates of Return to Schooling in Thailand

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  • Kaewkwan Tangtipongkul

    (Faculty of Economics aat Thammasat University)

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  • Kaewkwan Tangtipongkul, 2015. "Rates of Return to Schooling in Thailand," Asian Development Review, MIT Press, vol. 32(2), pages 38-64, September.
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    Keywords

    education; education policy; social rates of return to schooling; Thailand; development; Asia; Pacific; policy; research;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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