Job Mobility and Earnings Growth

European Sociological Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-400+i

  Le Grand, Carl ^a,b   Tåhlin, Michael ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0345447216     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/18.4.381     Document Type: Article

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