Do spatial agglomeration and local labor market competition affect employer-provided training? Evidence from the UK

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Brunello, Giorgio ^a,b   Gambarotto, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Britain; Spatial economics; Training

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; TRAINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845221434     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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