Chapter 40 The analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 2629-2710

  Abowd, John M ^a   Kramarz, Francis ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^b CEPR ^*

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EID: 77957121841     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)30026-2     Document Type: Review

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