The effect of subsidizing continuous training investments - Evidence from German establishment data

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 789-798

  Görlitz, Katja ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous training; Difference in difference estimator; Employers; Subsidies; Training voucher

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955842459     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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