The impact of shifts in supply of college graduates: Repercussion of educational reform in Korea

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Choi, Kang Shik ^a  

^a Korea Inst Indust Econ and Trade   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL REFORM; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOUR SUPPLY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WAGE IMPACT;

KOREA(SOUTH);

EID: 0030446132     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0272-7757(95)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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