Earnings growth among young less-educated business owners

Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 634-659

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 3242791882     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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