Cross-national differences in job quality among low-skilled young workers in Europe

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 420-433

  de Grip, Andries ^a   Wolbers, Maarten H j ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education and training; Europe; Internal labour market; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748700396     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720610683930     Document Type: Article

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