Smooth Path or Long and Winding Road? : How Institutions Shape the Transition from Higher Education to Work

The book uses a comparative study of Germany and Britain to reveal how national institutions shape the labour market careers of higher education graduates. It identifies four institutional spheres that are important: the structure of higher education systems, the content of study, the structure of g...

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Main Author: Leuze, Kathrin (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Verlag Barbara Budrich 2010
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