Employer voices, employer demands, and implications for public skills development policy connecting the labor and education sectors

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 102-134

  Cunningham, Wendy V ^a   Villaseñor, Paula ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Mexico Ministry of Education   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 84960103147     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkv019     Document Type: Article

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