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Higher Education and Earnings: College as an Investment and Screening Device
Paul J. Taubman
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Terence Wales
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Published Date
January 1974
Copyright
1974
ISBN
0-07-010121-3
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Table of Contents
Front matter, Higher Education and Earnings: College as an Investment and Screening Device
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
Chapter 1:
Earnings: Higher Education, Mental Ability, and Screening
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 1-24)
Chapter 2:
The Human-Capital Approach to Higher Education
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 25-36)
Chapter 3:
Effects of Education and Mental Ability on Income: The Evidence from the Wolfe-Smith Data
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 37-56)
Chapter 4:
The NBER-TH Sample: A Description
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 57-68)
Chapter 5:
The BVER-TH Sample Regression Results
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 69-112)
Chapter 6:
Age-Earnings Profiles
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 113-122)
Chapter 7:
Rates of Returns to Education Based on the NBER-TH Data
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 123-136)
Chapter 8:
Within-Occupation Regressions
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 137-152)
Chapter 9:
Education on a Screening Device
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 153-174)
Appendix A: Problems in Measuring Education
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 175-178)
Appendix B: Tables to Chapter 3
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 179-192)
Appendix C: Estimation of the Mean Income for the Open-Ended Class
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 193-194)
Appendix D: Grouping
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 195-196)
Appendix E: Response Bias, Test Scores, and Factor-Analysis
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 197-210)
Appendix F: Success and Other Biases
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 211-216)
Appendix G: Questionaries
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 217-222)
Appendix H: Data on Earnings in 1968 and 1958
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 223-230)
Appendix I: Characteristics of the Residuals
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 231-244)
Appendix J: Interpolation Methods
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 245-252)
Appendix K: Estimating Private and Social Costs of Higher Education
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 253-254)
Appendix L: The Effects of Ediucation on Incomes of the Successful: Evidence from the Lewellen Data
Author(s):
Paul J. Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 255-273)
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