Tight labor markets and the demand for education: Evidence from the coal boom and bust

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-16

  Black, Dan A ^a   McKinnish, Terra G ^b   Sanders, Seth G ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 30444442400     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-5918-4-3     Document Type: Article

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