Mismatching and job tasks in Germany - rising over-qualification through polarization?

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-54

  Rohrbach Schmidt, Daniela ^a   Tiemann, Michael ^a  

^a Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training   (Germany)

Author keywords

Job tasks; Over qualification; Polarization in employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865097240     PISSN: 18776337     EISSN: 18776345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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