Field of study choice by community college students in Canada

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-93

  Boudarbat, Brahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; PROBABILITY; STUDENT; WAGE GAP;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 38949100465     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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