Effects of educational mismatch on private returns to education: An analysis of the Spanish case (1995-2006)

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 646-659

  Murillo, Inés P ^a   Rahona López, Marta ^b   Salinas Jiménez, Maria del Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Overeducation; Required education; Return to education; Undereducation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865196982     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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