Can vocational education improve the wages of minorities and disadvantaged groups? The case of Israel

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-432

  Neuman, Shoshana ^a   Ziderman, Adrian ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Minorities; Salary wage differentials; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

MINORITY GROUP; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0038607772     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(02)00094-8     Document Type: Article

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