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Hartog, Joop; Van Ophem, Hans; Bajdechi, Simona Maria – Education Economics, 2007
The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We mimic the investment decision facing a student and simulate risky earnings profiles in alternative options, with parameters taken from the very limited evidence. The distribution of rates of return appears positively skewed. Our best estimate of "ex ante" risk in university education…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Human Capital, Educational Attainment, Risk