Stay at school or start working? - Optimal timing of leaving school under uncertainty and irreversibility
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human capital theory; uncertainty; irreversibllity; optimal stopping;All these keywords.
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- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
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