Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets

1999/02/01 by Daron Acemoğlu, Jörn‐Steffen Pischke · 1 voice · 1,121 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Economic Policies and Impacts #Economics #Imperfect #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality #Labour economics #Philosophy #Politics, Economics, and Education Policy #Training (meteorology)

paper · doi:10.1111/1468-0297.00405

published in The Economic Journal 109(453), 112-142 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

Journal Article Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets Get access Daron Acemoglu, Daron Acemoglu MIT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jorn‐Steffen Pischke Jorn‐Steffen Pischke NBER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 109, Issue 453, 1 February 1999, Pages 112–142, 10.1111/1468-0297.00405 Published: 25 December 2001

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