A simple solution to the identification problem in detailed wage decompositions

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 766-772

  Yun, Myeong Su ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26644441930     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbi053     Document Type: Article

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