Work environment and individual background: Explaining regional shirking differentials in a large Italian firm

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1057-1090

  Ichino, Andrea ^a   Maggi, Giovanni ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040956865     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300554890     Document Type: Article

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