Labor turnover in the USA and Japan: A tale of two countries

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-57

  Blinder, Alan S ^a   Krueger, Alan B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001937832     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.1996.tb00173.x     Document Type: Article

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