Are employability skills learned in U.S. youth education and training programs?

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lerman, Robert I ^a,b,c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Skills; Training; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983354243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21939004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-9004-2-6     Document Type: Article

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