Overeducation in the labor market: A meta-analysis

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-158

  Groot, Wim ^a,b   Maassen Van Den Brink, Henriëtte ^a,c  

^a Research Center on Schooling   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Overeducation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343341214     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(99)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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