Is wage compression a necessary condition for firm-financed general training?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-97

  Booth, Alison L ^a   Zoega, Gylfi ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; TRAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 1642561819     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/56.1.88     Document Type: Article

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