Over-education and earnings: Where are we, where should we go?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-147

  Hartog, Joop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Earnings; Overeducation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0034002160     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(99)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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