Public sector earnings comparability: Alternative estimates for the U.S. Postal service;La comparabilité des gains du secteur public: Nouvelles évaluations pour le service postal des états-unis

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Belman, Dale ^a   Heywood, John S ^b,c   Voos, Paula B ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18244427476     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/006906ar     Document Type: Article

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