Does firm size matter anymore? The new economy and firm size wage effects

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 659-676

  Hollister, Matissa N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FIRM SIZE; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 12344333614     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900503     Document Type: Article

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