Some contacts are more equal than others: Informal networks, job tenure, and wages

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-318

  Loury, Linda Datcher ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646031476     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499974     Document Type: Review

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