Chapter 27 Labor supply: A review of alternative approaches

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1559-1695

  Blundell, Richard ^a   Macurdy, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C21; C24; J21; J22; J24

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956790241     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)03008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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