The quarterly journal of economics

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Card, David ^a   Heining, Jörg ^b   Kline, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HETEROGENEITY; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

GERMANY;

EID: 84880301562     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt006     Document Type: Article

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