Student expectations of the financial returns to higher education in the Czech Republic and England: Evidence from business schools

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 673-681

  Anchor, John R ^a   Fišerová, Jana ^a   Maršiotáková, Kateřina ^b   Urbánek, Václav ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; STUDENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957503921     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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