Post-college schooling, overeducation, and hourly earnings in the United States

Education Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-72

  Rubb, Stephen ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038322984     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290210127453     Document Type: Article

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