The incidence and intensity of employer funded training: Australian evidence on the impact of flexible work

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 609-625

  Draca, Mirko ^a   Green, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8644283543     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2004.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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