Who will log? Occupational choice and prestige in New England's North woods

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-25

  Egan, Andrew ^a   Taggart, Deryth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Education; Employment; Industry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT;

LABOR SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; LABOR SUPPLY; LOGGING (TIMBER); OCCUPATION; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642480252     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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