Comparing real wage rates

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 617-642

  Ashenfelter, Orley ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862499211     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.2.617     Document Type: Review

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