Two economists' musings on the stability of locus of control

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 570, 2013, Pages

  Cobb Clark, Deborah A ^a   Schurer, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 84883438487     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12069     Document Type: Article

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