Transition from School to Work in Japan

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 465-488

  Genda, Yuji ^a   Kurosawa, Masako ^b  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duration; Job matching; Turnover; Vocational guidance; Youth labor market

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035605626     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2001.0488     Document Type: Article

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