Higher education academic salaries in the UK

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-35

  Walker, James ^a   Vignolesy, Anna ^a   Collins, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; HIGHER EDUCATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952713274     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp004     Document Type: Article

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