Graduates in the labour market: Does socio-economic background have an impact? The case of Hungary

Sociologicky Casopis

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1149-1173

  Blaskó, Zsuzsa ^a,b   Róbert, Péter ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Demographic Research Institute Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Graduate labour market; Graduates; Higher education; Post socialist country; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949152697     PISSN: 00380288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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