The low‐skill low‐pay problem: Lessons from Germany for Britain and the US

Policy Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-21

  Nickell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041614464     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442879608423690     Document Type: Article

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