It's not what you pay it's the way that you pay it and that's what gets results: Jockeys' pay and performance

Labour

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 385-411

  Fernie, Sue ^a   Metcalf, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032866978     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00100     Document Type: Article

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