Labor supply of New York city cabdrivers: One day at a time

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 406-441

  Camerer, Colin ^a   Babcock, Linda ^b   Loewenstein, George ^b   Thaler, Richard ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOUR SUPPLY; TAXI DRIVERS; WAGES IMPACT;

USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK;

EID: 0031451140     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555244     Document Type: Article

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