Overeducation in developing economies: How can we test for it, and what does it mean?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1334-1347

  Mehta, Aashish ^a   Felipe, Jesus ^b   Quising, Pilipinas ^b   Camingue, Sheila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Economic development; Human capital; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

INDIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PHILIPPINES; THAILAND;

EID: 80054861386     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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