Skilling the unskilled - A question of incentives?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 254-271

  Wolter, Stefan C ^a   Weber, Bernhard A ^b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Education; Human capital theory; Labour market; Policy; Return on investment; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033415067     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729910279180     Document Type: Review

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