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Training and the Private Sector : International Comparisons.

How can today's workforce keep pace with an increasingly competitive global economy? As new technologies rapidly transform the workplace, employee requirements are changing and workers must adapt to different working conditions. This volume compares new evidence on the returns from worker train...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lynch, Lisa M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Colección:NBER Comparative labor markets series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Training and the Private Sector; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Reconciling Markets and Institutions: The German Apprenticeship System; 2. The British System of Youth Training: A Comparison with Germany; 3. Strategic Adjustments in Training: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and German Automobile Industries; 4. Employment-Based Training in Japanese Firms in Japan and in the United States: Experiences of Automobile Manufacturers; 5. Productivity Changes without Formal Training; 6. The Impact of Previous Training on Productivity and Wages.
  • 7. Determinants of Young Males' Schooling and Training Choices8. Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S . and British Youths; 9. Public- and Private-Sector Training of Young People in Britain; 10. Vocational Education and Training in Britain and Norway; 11. Returns to Within-Company Schooling of Employees: The Case of the Netherlands; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index.