Assessing skills for work: Two perspectives

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-405

  Stasz, C ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LABOR SUPPLY; METHODOLOGY; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

EID: 0034911413     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/53.3.385     Document Type: Article

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