Adult education and earnings: Evidence from Britain

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-326

  Silles, Mary A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Economics of education; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548767077     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-3378.2007.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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