Determinants of economic and social outcomes from a life-wide learning perspective in Canada

Education Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-38

  Desjardins, Richard ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LEARNING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CANADA;

EID: 0037647453     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290210127462     Document Type: Article

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