The transition from higher education to employment in Europe: The analysis of the time to obtain the first job

Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-360

  Salas Velasco, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graduate labor market; Survival analysis; Transition to first employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347215116     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-006-9000-1     Document Type: Article

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