Getting personal: Networks and stratification in the Russian labor market, 1985-2001

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 855-908

  Gerber, Theodore P ^a   Mayorova, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b American Sociological Association   (United States)

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EID: 79952130473     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655750     Document Type: Article

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