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Educational Attainment in the OECD, 1960-2010

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  • Angel de la Fuente
  • Rafael Doménech
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This paper describes the construction of series of educational attainment of the adult population in a sample of 22 OECD countries covering the period 1960-2010. These series are a revised and extended version of the data set described in de la Fuente and Doménech (2002).

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  • Angel de la Fuente & Rafael Doménech, 2014. "Educational Attainment in the OECD, 1960-2010," Working Papers 794, Barcelona School of Economics.
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    educational attainment; schooling;

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    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General

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