Studying Ourselves: The Academic Labor Market

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-287

  Ehrenberg, Ronald G ^a  

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EID: 0037256542     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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