Labor Productivity and Vocational Training: Evidence from Europe
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- Hector Sala & José Silva, 2013. "Labor productivity and vocational training: evidence from Europe," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 40(1), pages 31-41, August.
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Keywords
continuous vocational training; labor productivity growth;JEL classification:
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2011-12-13 (European Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2011-12-13 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-MAC-2011-12-13 (Macroeconomics)
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