Earnings risk and demand for higher education: A cross-section test for Spain

Journal of Applied Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-28

  Hartog, Joop ^a   Diaz Serrano, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Earnings risk; Schooling decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347387141     PISSN: 15140326     EISSN: 16676726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2007.12040479     Document Type: Article

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