Conflicting signals: The labor market for college-educated workers

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 661-675

  Gray, Jerry ^a   Chapman, Richard ^a  

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EID: 0033416632     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.1999.11506191     Document Type: Review

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