Earnings losses of displaced workers revisited

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 572-589

  Couch, Kenneth A ^a   Placzek, Dana W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Office of Research ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77952364388     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.1.572     Document Type: Review

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