The U.S. labor market in 2003: Signs of improvement by year's end

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 3-29

  Krantz, Rachel ^a   Di Natale, Marisa ^a   Krolik, Thomas J ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 4544283040     PISSN: 00981818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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