Supply-Side and Demand-Side Explanations of Declining Apprentice Training Rates: A Critical Overview

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-484

  Toner, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992905130     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1856.2003.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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