Welfare to work, wages and wage growth

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-370

  Lydon, Reamonn ^a   Walker, Ian ^b  

^a Frontier Economics y Barcelona School of Economics   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24344459095     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2005.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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