Higher Education and Earnings: College as an Investment and Screening Device

Paul J. Taubman and Terence Wales

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Date: 1974
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Chapters in this book:

Earnings: Higher Education, Mental Ability, and Screening , pp 1-24

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The Human-Capital Approach to Higher Education , pp 25-36

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Effects of Education and Mental Ability on Income: The Evidence from the Wolfe-Smith Data , pp 37-56

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The NBER-TH Sample: A Description , pp 57-68

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The BVER-TH Sample Regression Results , pp 69-112

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Age-Earnings Profiles , pp 113-122

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Rates of Returns to Education Based on the NBER-TH Data , pp 123-136

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Within-Occupation Regressions , pp 137-152

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Education on a Screening Device , pp 153-174

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Appendix A: Problems in Measuring Education , pp 175-178

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Appendix B: Tables to Chapter 3 , pp 179-192

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Appendix C: Estimation of the Mean Income for the Open-Ended Class , pp 193-194

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Appendix D: Grouping , pp 195-196

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Appendix E: Response Bias, Test Scores, and Factor-Analysis , pp 197-210

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Appendix F: Success and Other Biases , pp 211-216

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Appendix G: Questionaries , pp 217-222

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Appendix H: Data on Earnings in 1968 and 1958 , pp 223-230

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Appendix I: Characteristics of the Residuals , pp 231-244

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Appendix J: Interpolation Methods , pp 245-252

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Appendix K: Estimating Private and Social Costs of Higher Education , pp 253-254

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Appendix L: The Effects of Ediucation on Incomes of the Successful: Evidence from the Lewellen Data , pp 255-273

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