Evidence on the employer size-wage premium from worker-establishment matched data

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Troske, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0033421296     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465399557950     Document Type: Article

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