Compensating -wage differentials for job stress

Applied Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1067-1075

  French, Michael T ^a,b   Dunlap, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 0001188185     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368498325237     Document Type: Article

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