Education and the determinants of job satisfaction

Education Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-425

  Vila, Luis ^a   García Mora, Belen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Job aspects; Job satisfaction; Labour market match

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; LIFESTYLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 29244492295     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290500251730     Document Type: Article

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