Empirical evidence on occupation and industry specific human capital

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 567-580

  Sullivan, Paul ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Returns to tenure; Specificity of human capital; Wage growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953122167     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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