Diverging male wage inequality in the United States and Canada, 1981-1988: Do institutions explain the difference?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 629-651

  DiNardo, John ^a   Lemieux, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000902103     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399705000405     Document Type: Review

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