National and regional wage curves in Japan 1981-2001

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-270

  Poot, Jacques ^a   Doi, Masayuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33747032830     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2005.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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