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Davies James B. <1951-> |
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Information in the labour market : job-worker matching and its implications for education in Ontario / / James B. Davies, Glenn M. MacDonald |
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Toronto ; ; Buffalo : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1984 |
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©1984 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-3805-2 |
1-4426-5352-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Ontario Economic Council Research Studies ; ; 29 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Education and state - Canada |
Business and education - Canada |
Manpower policy - Canada |
Canada |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction; I: Introduction; II: Overview; 2 Earlier models of education: human capital and signalling; I: Introduction; II: Human capital; III: Signalling; IV: Human capital, signalling, or information?; 3 The informational model of schooling and job-worker matching; I: Introduction; II: Simplifying assumptions; III: Skills, jobs, and wage offers; IV: Information and the return to its accumulation; V: The costs of information accumulation; VI: Optimal investment in information quality; VII: Theoretical predictions; VIII: Summary and conclusion. |
4 Education and training policy: basic guidelines; I: Introduction; II: Alternative rationales for government intervention; Ill: Effects of government intervention; IV: Guidelines for government intervention; V: Conclusion; 5 Education and training in Canada: recent trends and the current situation; I: Introduction; II: The nature of education and training in Canada; III: Enrolments and expenditures -- recent trends; IV: Recent trends in post-secondary education -- explanations; V: Future trends in post-secondary enrolments; VI: Conclusion; 6 |
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