Metropolitan wage levels of less-educated workers: 1986 to 1999

Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-146

  Easton, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; WAGE;

EID: 33644830173     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2006.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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