Wage and injury response to shifts in workplace liability

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-200

  Butler, Richard J ^a   Worrall, John D ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38949155879     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390806100203     Document Type: Article

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