The long-term labor market consequences of graduating from college in a bad economy

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-316

  Kahn, Lisa B ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; College graduates; Recession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649183898     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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