Changing inequality in markets for workplace amenities

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1085-1123

  Hamermesh, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0038620730     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556214     Document Type: Article

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