Mellander, Erik; Sandgren-Massih, Sofia - In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics 110 (2008) 4, pp. 853-875
When schooling is measured with error and data on ability are lacking, return to schooling estimates will be subject to positive omitted variable bias (OVB) and negative measurement error bias (MEB). We investigate how these biases are affected when ability is proxied by family background...