Occupations and British wage inequality, 1970s-2000s

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 841-857

  Williams, Mark ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878439438     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs063     Document Type: Article

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