Undereducation and overeducation in the Australian labour market

Economic Record

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Voon, Derby ^a   Miller, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ISSUE; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745283687     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00247.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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