Educational expansion and changes in occupational returns to education in Korea

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-322

  Sandefur, Gary D ^a   Park, Hyunjoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Educational expansion; First occupational attainment; From school to work; Korea; Labor market

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549068177     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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