Industry wage differentials: How many, big and significant are they?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-398+490

  Reilly, Kevin T ^a   Zanchi, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industry competitiveness; Labour market; Pay differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242474512     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720310485906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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