Unequal assignment and unequal promotion in job ladders

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-71

  Winter Ebmer, Rudolf ^a   Zweimüller, Josef ^b  

^a CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

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EID: 0040059907     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209846     Document Type: Article

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