The impact of community college retraining on older displaced workers: Should we teach old dogs new tricks?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-415

  Jacobson, Louis ^a   LaLonde, Robert J ^b,c,d   Sullivan, Daniel ^e  

^a CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 20044382853     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390505800305     Document Type: Article

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