On-the-job training, establishment size, and firm size: Evidence for economies of scale in the production of human capital

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-100

  Black, Dan A ^a,c   Noel, Brett J ^b,c   Wang, Zheng ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN EXPRESS   (United States)

^c Capital One Service Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0033469845     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1060836     Document Type: Article

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