Specificity of occupational training and occupational mobility: An empirical study based on Lazear's skill-weights approach

Education Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-535

  Geel, Regula ^a   Mure, Johannes ^a   Backes Gellner, Uschi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

apprenticeship training; mobility; occupational specificity; skill weights

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; OCCUPATION; SKILLED LABOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAINING;

EID: 84860800761     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645291003726483     Document Type: Article

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