Overeducation in the graduate labour market: A quantile regression approach

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 521-531

  McGuinness, Séamus ^a   Bennett, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender pay gap; Overeducation; Quantile regression; Returns to schooling

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE GAP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548179381     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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