Is there a premium for elite college education: evidence from a natural experiment in Japan
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Keywords
human capital; credentialism; college education; natural experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2004-10-30 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2004-10-30 (Labour Economics)
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