Demand and supply of skilled labour and overeducation in Europe: A country-level analysis

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 413-439

  Croce, Giuseppe ^a   Ghignoni, Emanuela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

output gap; overeducation; panel data; skill biased technical change; university graduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861366757     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2012.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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