Meritocracy in America: Wages within and across occupations

Industrial Relations

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-296

  Cawley, John ^a   Heckman, James ^a   Vytlacil, Edward ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032847238     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0019-8676.00130     Document Type: Article

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