The effects of cannabis use on wages of prime-age males

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 619-634

  Van Ours, Jan C ^a,b,c,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Research in Economics and Business Tilburg University   (Netherlands)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34748901240     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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