Job changes and hours changes: Understanding the path of labor supply adjustment

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-453

  Blundell, Richard ^a   Brewer, Mike ^b   Francesconi, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 46449115591     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588245     Document Type: Article

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