Education returns of wage earners and self-employed workers: Portugal vs. Spain

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-170

  García Mainar, Inmaculada ^a   Montuenga Gómez, Víctor M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 11944266347     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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