Overeducation, undereducation and the British labour market

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1437-1453

  Sloane, P J ^a   Battu, H ^a   Seaman, P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032702049     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323319     Document Type: Article

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