Personality traits and gender-specific income expectations in Dutch higher education

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-128

  Need, Ariana ^a   de Jong, Uulkje ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender differentials; Higher education; Income expectations; Inequality

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749017605     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9104-8     Document Type: Article

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