Seniority, external labor markets, and faculty pay

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 771-798

  Brown, Byron W ^a   Woodbury, Stephen A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032325559     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9769(99)80132-x     Document Type: Article

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