Returns to overeducation: A longitudinal analysis of the U.S. labor market

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 606-617

  Tsai, Yuping ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement error; Overeducation; Undereducation; Wage

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953022289     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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