The return to firm investments in human capital

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-106

  Almeida, Rita ^a   Carneiro, Pedro ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

On the job training; Panel data; Production function; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649107940     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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