Product characteristics, human capital, and labor market segments: Services and the distribution of rewards in labor market transactions

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 597-622

  Wynn, Tor ^a   Mueller, Charles W ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032336941     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1998.tb00520.x     Document Type: Article

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