Education and job match: The relatedness of college major and work

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-407

  Robst, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; JOB SEARCH;

EID: 34250679018     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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