Age discrimination laws and labor market efficiency

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1081-1125

  Neumark, David ^a   Stock, Wendy A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; LABOR MARKET; LEGISLATION;

EID: 0033373715     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250091     Document Type: Article

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