Economics applicants in the uk labour market: University reputation and employment outcomes

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 296-333

  Drydakis, Nick ^a,b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data collection; Earnings; Education; Employment; Human capital; Human resource strategies; Job analysis; Labour market; Qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929666959     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJM-02-2014-0061     Document Type: Article

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