Is the German apprenticeship system a panacea for the U.S. labor market?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-196

  Harhoff, Dietmar ^a,c   Kane, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship training; Human capital; Wage distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286164     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050037     Document Type: Article

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