Learning your earning: Are labor income shocks really very persistent?

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 687-712

  Guvenen, Fatih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34547325303     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.3.687     Document Type: Article

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