Public/private sector wage differentials in Canada - evidence from the 1991 and 1982 surveys of consumer finance

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 723-731

  Prescott, David ^a   Wandschneider, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; METHODOLOGY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WAGE GAP;

CANADA;

EID: 0032781019     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323931     Document Type: Article

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