'I'm still scrubbing the floors': Experiencing youth apprenticeships in Canada and Germany

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-129

  Lehmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Employabilfty skills; Labour markets; New vocstionalism; School work transitions; Social inequality; Vocational education; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844589581     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005051298     Document Type: Review

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