Ethnic differences in the incidence and determinants of employer-funded training in Britain

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 523-551

  Shields, Michael A ^a   Price, Stephen Wheatley ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; RACIAL DISPARITY; TRAINING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033404505     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00146     Document Type: Article

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