An employment equation for Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 81, Issue 254, 2005, Pages 204-214

  Dixon, Robert ^a   Freebairn, John ^b   Lim, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; WAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 29144459042     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00256.x     Document Type: Review

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