Occupational differences between recent male and female college graduates

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-231

  Joy, Lois ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; OCCUPATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544467544     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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