Is there a wage bonus from drinking? Unobserved heterogeneity examined

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2299-2315

  Peters, Bethany L ^a  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 9144267003     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000280526     Document Type: Article

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