Breadth versus depth: The timing of specialization in higher education

Labour

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-390

  Malamud, Ofer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; MODEL; TRADE-OFF; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649716717     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2010.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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