Consequences of seniority wages on the employment structure

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-125

  Zwick, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment Structure; Linked Employer Employee Data; Seniority Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255172352     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500106     Document Type: Article

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