Seniority, experience, and wages in the UK

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-283

  Williams, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience; Industry; Occupation; Seniority; Tenure; Union; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149115025     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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