'Don't know much about history...': Revisiting the impact of curriculum on subsequent labour market outcomes

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-271

  Johnes, Geraint ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Earnings; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; LABOR MARKET;

EID: 22144457114     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-3378.2005.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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