Employee training and wage compression in Britain

Manchester School

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-342

  Almeida Santos, Filipe ^a   Mumford, Karen ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20444455502     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2005.00449.x     Document Type: Review

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