Wage inequality in the UK

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-64

  Machin, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002614640     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/12.1.47     Document Type: Article

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