Play Hard, Shirk Hard? The Effect of Bar Hours Regulation on Worker Absence

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 248-264

  Green, Colin P ^a   Navarro Paniagua, Maria ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84959487931     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obes.12106     Document Type: Article

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