A reexamination of public-sector wage differentials in the United States: Evidence from the NLSY with the geocode

Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 448-472

  Lee, Sang Hyop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PUBLIC SECTOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544392331     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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