Worker heterogeneity, new monopsony, and training

Labour

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-270

  Booth, Alison L ^a   Zoega, Gylfi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

EID: 44649195617     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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