Wages, productivity, and worker characteristics: Evidence from plant-level production functions and wage equations

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-446

  Hellerstein, Judith K ^b   Neumark, David ^b   Troske, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033458651     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209926     Document Type: Article

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