Wages, experience and seniority

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-108

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Meghir, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 13244264758     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00325     Document Type: Article

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