The value of basic skills in the British labour market

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-48

  Vignoles, Anna ^a   De Coulon, Augustin ^b   Marcenaro Gutierrez, Oscar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR SUPPLY; LITERACY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952030381     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpq012     Document Type: Article

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