Should firms be required to pay for vocational training?

Economic Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 473, 2001, Pages 485-505

  Stevens, Margaret ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0034896155     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00647     Document Type: Article

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