The Return to Hours and Workers in U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence on Aggregation Bias

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 336-352

  DeBeaumont, Ronald ^a   Singell Jr , Larry D ^b  

^a BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0033425058     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061146     Document Type: Article

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