Private returns to human capital over transition: A case study of Belarus

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-107

  Pastore, Francesco ^a   Verashchagina, Alina ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Belarus; Economic transition; Educational economics; Returns to human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; INVESTMENT;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 29844432595     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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