A test of employer learning in the labour market for young Australians

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Cheung, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LEARNING; PANEL DATA; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 71449089956     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701719850     Document Type: Article

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