Education and employment status: A test of the strong screening hypothesis in Italy

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-404

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Sessions, John G ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Screening; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 0032830079     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(99)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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