Hard lessons for lifelong learners? age and experience in the graduate labour market

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-82

  Purcell, Kate ^a   Wilton, Nick ^b   Elias, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58149092817     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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