Wage and Job Dynamics after Welfare Reform: The Importance of Job Skills

Research in Labor Economics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2007, Pages 231-298

  Johnson, Rucker C ^a  

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EID: 34248545167     PISSN: 01479121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9121(06)26007-2     Document Type: Review

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