The employment consequences of wrongful-discharge laws: Large, small, or none at all?

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 440-446

  Autor, David H ^a   Donohue III, John J ^b   Schwab, Stewart J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

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EID: 4043104126     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041302091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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