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Employer Learning and the “Importance” of Skills

Audrey Light and Andrew McGee
Journal of Human Resources, January 2015, 50 (1) 72-107; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.1.72
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vol. 50 no. 1 72-107
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.1.72
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received March 1, 2013
  • Accepted January 1, 2014
  • Published online February 5, 2015.
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© 2015 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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