The economic returns to field of study and competencies among higher education graduates in Ireland

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 650-657

  Kelly, Elish ^a   O'Connell, Philip J ^a   Smyth, Emer ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Competencies; Field of study; Quantile regression; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE;

IRELAND;

EID: 77953025047     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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