Employer-supported training in Canada and its impact on mobility and wages

Empirical Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 431-459

  Parent, Daniel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Panel data; Training

Indexed keywords

LABOR MOBILITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TRAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0042745495     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810200140     Document Type: Article

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