Microeconomics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)
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Author: James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson
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1. Write down the human capital earnings function (i.e., the Mincer equation). Make sure to
clearly specify the meaning of each variable.
2. Why the estimates from the Mincer equation may not be interpreted as the causal effect of
education on earnings?
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