Educational performance as signalling device: Evidence from Italy

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Castagnetti, Carolina ^a   Chelli, Francesco ^b   Rosti, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

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