Student labour and academic proficiency in international perspective

International Labour Review

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-122

  Post, David ^a   Pong, Suet Ling ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; STUDENT; SURVEY;

EID: 68849093301     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2009.00050.x     Document Type: Review

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