Overeducation and human capital endowments

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Büchel, Felix ^a   Pollmann Schult, Matthias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Germany; Human capital; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042853048     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410535963     Document Type: Review

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