Cross-national differences in the skills-earnings relationship: The role of labor market institutions

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1819-1842

  Carbonaro, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 33645929429     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0046     Document Type: Article

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