The influences of institution attended and field of study on graduates' starting salaries

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-63

  Birch, Elisa Rose ^a   Li, Ian ^a   Miller, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT; WAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 63049128652     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2009.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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