Beauty, stature and the labour market: A British Cohort study

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages 771-800

  Harper, Barry ^a  

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EID: 0012979718     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.0620s1771     Document Type: Article

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