Still Egalitarian? How the Knowledge Economy Is Changing Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden

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Still Egalitarian? How the Knowledge Economy Is Changing Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden. / Carstensen, Martin B.; Ibsen, Christian Lyhne.

Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. p. 76-100 (Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy).

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Harvard

Carstensen, MB & Ibsen, CL 2022, Still Egalitarian? How the Knowledge Economy Is Changing Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden. in Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy, pp. 76-100. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866257.003.0004

APA

Carstensen, M. B., & Ibsen, C. L. (2022). Still Egalitarian? How the Knowledge Economy Is Changing Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden. In Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy (pp. 76-100). Oxford University Press. Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866257.003.0004

Vancouver

Carstensen MB, Ibsen CL. Still Egalitarian? How the Knowledge Economy Is Changing Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden. In Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2022. p. 76-100. (Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866257.003.0004

Author

Carstensen, Martin B. ; Ibsen, Christian Lyhne. / Still Egalitarian? How the Knowledge Economy Is Changing Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden. Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. pp. 76-100 (Collective Skill Formation in the Knowledge Economy).

Bibtex

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