Employer-provided training and knowledge spillovers: Evidence from Italian local labour markets

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-353

  Croce, Giuseppe ^a   Ghignoni, Emanuela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Knowledge spillovers; Local labour markets; Training

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MARKET; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TRAINING;

ITALY;

EID: 84858038660     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.497136     Document Type: Article

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