Skill mismatch and training in Australia: Some implications for policy

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-306

  Messinis, George ^a   Olekalns, Nilss ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; LABOR STANDARD; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34848818590     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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