Looking Inside the Labor Market: A Review Article

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-138

  Howitt, Peter ^a  

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EID: 0041804642     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0022051026994     Document Type: Article

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