Learning the master's trade: Apprenticeship and human capital in Ghana

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-298

  Frazer, Garth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Apprenticeship; Human capital

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33749984734     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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