Why Do Temporary Help Firms Provide Free General Skills Training?
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- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 116 (4) , 1409-1448
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003355301753265615
Abstract
The majority of U. S. temporary help supply (THS) firms offer nominally free, unrestricted computer skills training, a practice inconsistent with theKeywords
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