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Job training and firm efficiency: evidence from a meta-frontier analysis

Chung Choea Department of Economics, Konkuk University, Seoul, South KoreaView further author information
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Daeho Leeb Department of Human-Artificial Intelligence Interaction, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1603-2010View further author information
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Koangsung Choic Center for National Career Education Research, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Sejong, South KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2646-2653 | Published online: 03 Apr 2023

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