Career, experience and returns to human capital: Is the dual labour market hypothesis relevant for the UK?

Research in Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-426

  Leontaridi, Rannia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career; Duality; Earnings; Experience; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036920177     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/reec.2002.0284     Document Type: Review

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