Apprenticeship training and the business cycle

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-186

  Muehlemann, Samuel ^a   Wolter, Stefan C ^a   Wüest, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship training; Business cycle; High school enrollment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953674003     PISSN: 18776337     EISSN: 18776345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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