Estimating the employer switching costs and wage responses of forward-looking engineers

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-412

  Fox, Jeremy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77952844559     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651458     Document Type: Article

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