Human Capital Spillovers within the Workplace: Evidence for Great Britain

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 575-594

  Battu, Harminder ^a   Belfield, Clive R ^b   Sloane, Peter J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 0345491425     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2003.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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