Cross-section estimation of the matching function: Evidence from England and Wales

Economica

Volumn 63, Issue 252, 1996, Pages 589-597

  Coles, Melvyn G ^a   Smith, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000741992     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2554997     Document Type: Article

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