Labour market outcomes and skill acquisition of high-school dropouts

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-52

  Campolieti, Michele ^a   Fang, Tony ^b   Gunderson, Morley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dropouts; Skill acquisition; Youth employment; Youth in transition survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952093983     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-009-9074-5     Document Type: Article

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