Self-esteem and earnings

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 480-488

  Drago, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earnings; Non cognitive skills; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956026187     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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