Taking a Risk: Does Human Capital Investment Pay Off for Educationally Disadvantaged Adults?

Although human capital investment is often proposed as a solution to improve the labour market prospects of individuals who reach adulthood without obtaining a post-secondary credential, little is known about whether skills upgrading actually pays off. Using three national cross-sectional surveys on...

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Main Author: Myers, Karen
Other Authors: Myles, John
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24333