Sheepskin effects by cohort: Implications of job matching in a signaling model

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 623-637

  Belman, Dale ^a   Heywood, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 0000033643     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a028628     Document Type: Article

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