The grocery stores wage distribution: A semi-parametric analysis of the role of retailing and labor market institutions

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2 PART A, 2001, Pages 484-501

  Budd, John W ^a   McCall, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0042885943     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390105400226     Document Type: Article

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