Do fields of study matter for over-education?: The cases of Spain and Germany

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 305-327

  Ortiz, Luis ^a   Kucel, Aleksander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fields of study; Labor market studies; Over education; Sociology of education; Systems of education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 48849090015     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715208093079     Document Type: Article

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