Doctors without borders? Relicensing requirements and negative selection in the market for physicians

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 437-465

  Kugler, Adriana D ^a,b   Sauer, Robert M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27744490318     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430283     Document Type: Article

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