Social returns to education in Italian local labor markets

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-69

  Dalmazzo, Alberto ^a   de Blasio, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Research Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE;

EID: 33846654195     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-006-0081-7     Document Type: Article

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