The relationship between higher education and labour market in Greece: The weakest link?

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 473-489

  Livanos, Ilias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field of study; Graduate unemployment; Greece; Higher education; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956738716     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9310-1     Document Type: Article

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