Does size matter in Australia?

Economic Record

Volumn 86, Issue 272, 2010, Pages 71-83

  Kortt, Michael ^a   Leigh, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; INDEX METHOD; OCCUPATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950171872     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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