Gender earnings gap among Young European higher education graduates

Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-455

  García Aracil, Adela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender earnings gap; Young European higher education graduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249669725     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-005-3864-3     Document Type: Review

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