Job congruence, academic achievement, and earnings

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-509

  Neumann, George ^a   Olitsky, Neal ^b   Robbins, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c American College Testing Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Educational choice; Labor market outcomes; Mismatch; Occupational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749108085     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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