Returns to tenure, firm-specific human capital and worker heterogeneity

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 774-788+888

  Bingley, Paul ^a   Westergaard Nielsen, Niels ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contracts of employment; Human capital; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346970721     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720310502122     Document Type: Article

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