Elite schools, high tech jobs and economic welfare

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-419

  Brunello, Giorgio ^a   Ishikawa, Tsuneo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Admission rules; High tech jobs; Returns to schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147910     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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