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perceived returns to education: a standalone construct

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Development economics

students' beliefs about how much additional schooling raises earnings, which are often underestimated and can be shifted by information.

In development economics, perceived returns to education refers to students' beliefs about how much additional schooling raises earnings, which are often underestimated and can be shifted by information. This meaning comes from Jensen (2010) in Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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  1. Jensen, R. (2010). The (Perceived) Returns to Education and the Demand for Schooling. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125(2), 515-548. https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2010.125.2.515

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