Empirical matching functions: Estimation and interpretation using state-level data

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-102

  Anderson, Patricia M ^a   Burgess, Simon M ^a  

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EID: 0034419267     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465300558669     Document Type: Article

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