Organizational change, skill formation, human capital measurement: Evidence from italian manufacturing firms

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-247

  Antonelli, Gilberto ^a   Antonietti, Roberto ^b   Guidetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human capital; Innovation; Knowledge organization; Labour demand; Work based training

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MANUFACTURING; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

ITALY;

EID: 77951954379     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2009.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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