Graduate overeducation as a sheepskin effect: Evidence from Northern Ireland

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 597-608

  McGuinness, S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME; WAGE GAP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038188758     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684022000029284     Document Type: Article

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