Training systems and labor mobility: A comparison between Germany and Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 597-617

  Korpi, Tomas ^a   Mertens, Antje ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Labor mobility; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0348167845     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2003.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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