Matching, reallocation and changes in earnings dispersion

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-110

  Burgess, Simon ^a   Lane, Julia ^b   McKinney, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 58449100944     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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