Earnings, education , and fixed-term contracts

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 492-506

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Sessions, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141459356     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.5004007     Document Type: Article

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