Schooling and Other Human Capital Investments: Can the Effects Be Identified?.

Behrman, Jere R.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Schooling and Other Human Capital Investments: Can the Effects Be Identified?

Behrman, Jere R.

Economics of Education Review, v6 n3 p301-05 1987

Maximizing allocations of all human capital investments (in children's schooling, health, nutrition, and general development) may hinder the identification of education's actual effects. Relative price variations across individuals are difficult to measure even if nonschooling investments are observed. Therefore, schooling's impact is usually overestimated. Includes 24 references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Outcomes of Education

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Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers; Researchers

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