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Skills and low pay: upgrading or overeducation?

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  • Borghans, L.

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  • de Grip, A.

    (Research Centre for Educ and Labour Mark)

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  • Borghans, L. & de Grip, A., 1999. "Skills and low pay: upgrading or overeducation?," ROA Research Memorandum 5E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    • Handle: RePEc:unm:umaror:19995e
    DOI: 10.26481/umaror.199905E
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