Competencies for young European higher education graduates: Labor market mismatches and their payoffs

Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-239

  García Aracil, Adela ^a   Van Der Velden, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assignment theory; Competencies; Income; Job satisfaction; Labor market mismatches

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849121956     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-006-9050-4     Document Type: Article

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