Early career mobility and earnings profiles of German apprentices: Theory and empirical evidence

Labour

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-263

  Bougheas, Spiros ^a   Georgellis, Yannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MOBILITY; TRAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 2942515956     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1121-7081.2004.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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