Why does the German apprenticeship system work?

Skill Formation: Interdisciplinary and Cross-National Perspectives

Volumn 9780521867528, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-108

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Schoenberg, Uta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 84916940979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499593.005     Document Type: Chapter

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