Can social information affect what job you choose and keep?

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 96-117

  Coffman, Lucas C ^a   Featherstone, Clayton R ^a   Kessler, Judd B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85017341271     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20140468     Document Type: Article

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