The Effects of Incomplete Employee Wage Information: A Cross-Country Analysis

Research in Labor Economics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2006, Pages 35-75

  Polachek, Solomon W ^a  

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EID: 33645930361     PISSN: 01479121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9121(05)24002-5     Document Type: Review

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