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dc.contributor.authorSalvanes, Kjell Gunnar
dc.contributor.authorOreopoulos, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-10T11:15:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T09:09:38Z
dc.date.available2016-10-10T11:15:19Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T09:09:38Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationOreopoulos, Philip and Kjell G. Salvanes. 2011. "Priceless: The Nonpecuniary Benefits of Schooling." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25(1): 159-84.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0895-3309
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2414128
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dc.description.abstractIncreasing wealth provides key motivation for students to forgo earnings and struggle through exams. But, as we argue in this paper, schooling generates many experiences and affects many dimensions of skill that, in turn, affect central aspects of individuals' lives. Schooling not only affects income, but also the degree to which one enjoys work, as well as one's likelihood of being unemployed. It leads individuals to make better decisions about health, marriage, and parenting. It also improves patience, making individuals more goal-oriented and less likely to engage in risky behavior. Schooling improves trust and social interaction, and may offer substantial consumption value to some students. We discuss various mechanisms to explain how these relationships may occur independent of wealth effects and present evidence that nonpecuniary returns to schooling are at least as large as pecuniary ones. Ironically, one explanation why some early school leavers miss out on these high returns is that they lack the very same decision-making skills that more schooling would help improve.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Associationnb_NO
dc.titlePriceless: The nonpecuniary benefits of schoolingnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.date.updated2016-10-10T11:15:19Z
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2016 AEAnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber159-184nb_NO
dc.source.volume25nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Economic Perspectivesnb_NO
dc.source.issue1nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1257/jep.25.1.159
dc.identifier.cristin787197


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