The public sector pay gap in France, great Britain and Italy

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-59

  Lucifora, Claudio ^a   Meurs, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

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EID: 33644701972     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2006.00175.x     Document Type: Review

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