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Peer reviewedBehrman, Jere R.; Rosenzweig, Mark R. – Economics of Education Review, 1999
Using a new twins sample, presents new estimates of schooling returns and "ability" bias and tests that bias's significance. Ability bias may exist even if ability's genetically-endowed component does not affect schooling decisions directly when correlated with other family characteristics (like income) that do affect schooling. (19…
Descriptors: Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics)
