Risk Premiums and Schooling Choice,
Abstract
Uncertainty about the effect of schooling on an individual's welfare can take many forms. The human capital approach assumes that the prospective student projects costs and benefits, calculates an approximate rate of return, and compares this rate with the best alternative. Projection involves estimates of ability, quality of educational services, direct and indirect costs, the demand in each year for acquired skills, trends in prices, and countless other variables. In this paper, non-pecuniary costs and returns will generally be ignored and a particular type of risk will be examined -- one in which an investor estimates the parameters of the distribution of yearly earnings (net of direct and indirect investment costs) and makes his decisions according to those parameters.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- ADA002122
Entities
People
- Lawrence S. Olson
Organizations
- RAND Corporation