Higher education levels, firms' outside options and the wage structure

Labour

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 621-654

  Rosén, Åsa ^a   Wasmer, Etienne ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745248647     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2005.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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