Bullying at school and labour market outcomes

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1185-1211

  Drydakis, Nick ^a,b,c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c Scientific Centre for the Study of Discrimination   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Disadvantaged groups; Employee attitudes; Employees behaviour; Employment; Human capital; Labour market; Pay differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913601506     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJM-08-2012-0122     Document Type: Article

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