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Wage structure when wage offers are private

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  • Lam, Kit-Chun
  • Liu, Pak-Wai
  • Wong, Yue-Chim

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  • Lam, Kit-Chun & Liu, Pak-Wai & Wong, Yue-Chim, 1995. "Wage structure when wage offers are private," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(1), pages 19-32, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:labeco:v:2:y:1995:i:1:p:19-32
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