Why do business service firms employ fewer apprentices? A comparison between Germany and the Netherlands

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Smits, Wendy ^a   Zwick, Thomas ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apprenticeships; Business support services; Germany; Skills; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042730977     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410524983     Document Type: Review

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