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Are skills the problem?: Reforming the education and training system in the United States

A Future of Good Jobs?: America's Challenge in the Global Economy
Journal · pp. 17-80
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Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., DC, United States, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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  • EID 2-s2.0-84870450155
  • Language English