Overeducation in the Finnish regional labour markets

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-588

  Jauhiainen, Signe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Finnish Centre for Pensions   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gender; Overeducation; Regional labour markets

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOBILITY; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 79961070474     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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