Task-specific human capital

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-207

  Gibbons, Robert ^a,b   Waldman, Michael ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

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EID: 4043125370     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041301579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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