Unequal futures? Mass higher education and graduates' relative earnings in Portugal, 1995-2009

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 991-997

  Figueiredo, Hugo ^a   Teixeira, Pedro ^b   Rubery, Jill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graduates demand; human capital; inequality; mass higher education; overeducation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; TREND ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84875149136     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.770119     Document Type: Article

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