Youth apprenticeship in Britain: Lessons for the United States

Industrial Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-31

  Cappelli, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0006167331     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.1996.tb00392.x     Document Type: Article

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