Careers and wages within large firms: Evidence from a matched employer-employee data set

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Lima, Francisco ^a   Pereira, Pedro Telhado ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Careers; Human capital; Income; Learning; Promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347020923     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720310502140     Document Type: Article

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