Accreditation requirements and the speed of labour market adjustment in Canadian building trades

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-111

  Coe, Patrick J ^a,b   Emery, J C Herbert ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship accreditation requirements; Labour market adjustment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LABOR MARKET; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SKILLED LABOR;

CANADA;

EID: 84860822255     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.38.1.91     Document Type: Article

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