Education and the labour market: Subjective aspects of human capital investment

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-116

  Killeen, John ^a   Turton, Richard ^a   Diamond, Wayne ^a   Dosnon, Odile ^b   Wach, Monique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst National d'Etude du Travail et d'Orientation Professionnelle du Conservatoire National des Art   (France)

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EID: 0033468195     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026809399286396     Document Type: Article

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