Nepotism, incentives and the academic success of college students

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 581-591

  Gevrek, Deniz ^a,b   Gevrek, Z Eylem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

College success; Family businesses; Nepotism; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953121999     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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