Returns for education in Kosovo: Estimates of wage and employment premia

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-84

  Hoti, Avdullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Kosovo; Returns for education; Transition economies; Wage and employment premia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958121273     PISSN: 1840118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10033-011-0007-x     Document Type: Article

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