Graduates' personality characteristics and labor market entry an empirical study among dutch economics graduates

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-83

  Semeijn, Judith ^a   Boone, Christophe ^b   van der Velden, Rolf ^a   van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human capital; Personality; Productivity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; STUDENT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11444262827     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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