Escaping low earnings: The role of employer characteristics and changes

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 560-578

  Holzer, Harry J ^a   Lane, Julia I ^b   Vilhuber, Lars ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Urban Forestry   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 4444287925     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390405700405     Document Type: Article

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