The education-occupation match, seen from an educational perspective

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-120

  Berggren, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Higher education; Matching; Profession

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957856838     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2011.554690     Document Type: Article

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