The Feasibility and importance of adding measures of actual experience to cross-sectional data collection

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2 PART2, 2013, Pages

  Blau, Francine D ^a   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

^a and CESifo ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84877249451     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669059     Document Type: Article

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