Training and economic density: Some evidence form Italian provinces

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-140

  Brunello, Giorgio ^a,b,c   De Paola, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Local labor markets; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249011349     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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