Estimating British workers' demand for safety

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1265-1271

  Wei, Xiangdong ^a,b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032721151     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323472     Document Type: Article

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