Wage compensation for dangerous work revisited

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 116-135

  Dorman, Peter ^a   Hagstrom, Paul ^a  

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EID: 0001022078     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399805200107     Document Type: Article

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