Mexico's labor market: The importance of education-occupation matching on wages and productivity in developing countries

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-156

  Quinn, Michael A ^a   Rubb, Stephen ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Educational economics; Human capital; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 31544477408     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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