Stuck in a mismatch? The persistence of overeducation during twenty years of the post-communist transition in Poland

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-91

  Kiersztyn, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Career mobility; Cohort effects; Overeducation

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; POST-COMMUNISM;

POLAND;

EID: 84868486588     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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