Ethnicity, gender and vocational education in Denmark

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 342-357

  Colding, Bjørg ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Educational policy; Gender; Immigrants; Integration; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746908502     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720610679205     Document Type: Article

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