Empirical estimates of the rate of depreciation of education

Wim Groot

doi:10.1080/135048598354500

Empirical estimates of the rate of depreciation of education

Wim Groot^*

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Abstract

In this paper we develop a method to estimate the rate of depreciation of human capital. The model is estimated on data for Great Britain and the Netherlands. It is found that the rate of depreciation of education is 11-17% per year.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	535-538
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	5
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/135048598354500
Publication status	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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