Vocational education in Thailand: A study of choice and returns

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Moenjak, Thammarak ^a   Worswick, Christopher ^b  

^a BANK OF THAILAND   (Thailand)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rate of return; School choice

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INCOME; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 0037293951     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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