The taste for leisure, career choice, and the returns to education

Economics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-356

  Chen, M Keith ^a   Chevalier, Judith A ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Medical school; Physician assistants; Returns to education; Taste for leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649088788     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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