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The economic returns to schooling: evidence from Chinese twins.

Ma Ning. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-57). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Problems about Using Sibling Samples --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- Difficulties with the Within-twin-pair Studies --- p.20 / Chapter 3 --- Method --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- Omitted Variable Bias (Selection Effect) --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- OLS Model --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Fixed-Effect Model --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- GLS Model --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Measurement Error --- p.24 / Chapter 4 --- Data --- p.26 / Chapter 5 --- Results --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1 --- "OLS, Fixed-Effect, GLS and IV estimates" --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2 --- Important findings --- p.34 / Chapter 5.3 --- Further Results --- p.35 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Consistency of Fixed-Effect Estimate --- p.35 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Smoking as an Instrument for Education --- p.39 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Symmetry Test --- p.41 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Hausman Test --- p.44 / Chapter 5.3.5 --- Selection Bias --- p.45 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusions --- p.48 / Chapter 7 --- Bibliography --- p.49

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325429
Date January 2005
ContributorsMa, Ning., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Economics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, 57, [18] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, China
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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