Education, occupational class, and unemployment in the regions of the United Kingdom

Education Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-370

  Borooah, Vani K ^a   Mangan, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Occupational class; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT; TAX SYSTEM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949120488     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290801977157     Document Type: Article

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