The development of employers' training investments over time - A decomposition analysis using German establishment data

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-207

  Görlitz, Katja ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous training; Decomposition analysis; Employers; Time trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955846923     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2010-0204     Document Type: Article

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