The market for Montreal apprentices: Contract length and information

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 496-523

  Hamilton, Gillian ^a  

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EID: 0030269258     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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