Successful apprenticeship-to-work transitions: On the long-term change in significance of the German school-leaving certificate

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 394-410

  Büchel, Felix ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Germany; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644384152     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720210436028     Document Type: Article

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