University studies as a side job: Causes and consequences of massive student employment in Estonia

Higher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 679-692

  Beerkens, Maarja ^a   Mägi, Eve ^b   Lill, Liis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Academic progress; Access; Employment; Estonia; Higher education; Student funding

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957920790     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9356-0     Document Type: Article

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