The Canadian earnings functions under test

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-139

  Akbari, Ather H ^a   Ogwang, Tomson ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS FUNCTION; LABOUR MARKET; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; POLICY IMPLICATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0030864171     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758526712     Document Type: Article

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