"Life is short, art is long": The persistent wage gap between Bohemian and non-Bohemian graduates

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-321

  Abreu, Maria ^a   Faggian, Alessandra ^b   Comunian, Roberta ^c   McCann, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; OCCUPATION; WAGE GAP;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84866350748     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-010-0422-4     Document Type: Article

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