The Growing Wage Gap : Is Training the Answer?

Training programs targeted toward lower skilled workers to a much greater extent than is currently the case could play an important role in narrowing the wage gap. Specific strategies would include assisting firms to develop their own programs, improving the school-to-work transition for non-college-bound high school graduates, and providing displaced workers with the skills needed to take new jobs in growing sectors of the economy

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Lynch, Lisa M.
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Bildungsertrag \| Returns to education \| Betriebliche Ausbildung \| Apprenticeship training \| Arbeitsproduktivität \| Labour productivity \| Berufsbildungspolitik \| Vocational training policy

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (5 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economic Policy Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1995
Classification:	J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; I28 - Government Policy ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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