The impact of training on labour mobility: Individual and firm-level evidence from Britain

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-275

  Green, Francis ^a   Felstead, Alan ^b   Mayhew, Ken ^c   Pack, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034195580     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00162     Document Type: Article

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