Atrophy rates in male and female occupations

Economics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 407-413

  Robst, John ^a   Vangilder, Jennifer ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy rates; Hometime; J0; J2; J3; Labor market intermittency; Wage determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034356795     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(00)00324-4     Document Type: Article

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