Marital status and productivity: Evidence from personnel data

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-77

  Mehay, Stephen L ^a   Bowman, William R ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

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EID: 23744435418     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20062094     Document Type: Article

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