Potential Earnings, Post-Schooling Investment and Returns to Human Capital.

Porter, Philip K.; Scully, Gerald W.

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ERIC Number: EJ323517

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Publication Date: 1985

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Potential Earnings, Post-Schooling Investment and Returns to Human Capital.

Porter, Philip K.; Scully, Gerald W.

Economics of Education Review, v4 n2 p87-92 1985

Describes and develops a methodology for estimating workers'"potential earnings," a previously unobservable element required to solve human capital equations that are designed to permit analysis of the return, measured in earning power, on investments in on-the-job training. (PGD)

Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Economics, Human Capital, On the Job Training, Research Methodology, Socioeconomic Status

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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