Employer learning and the returns to schooling

Labour Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-180

  Bauer, Thomas K ^a,b   Haisken Denew, John P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employer learning; Experience; J21; J24; J31; On the job training; Returns to education; Tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013126285     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(01)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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