The relative earnings from self and paid employment: A time-series analysis for the UK

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 502-518

  Robson, Martin T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS DECLINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

UK;

EID: 0031431718     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00072     Document Type: Article

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