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The impact of working-time reductions on actual hours and wages: evidence from Swedish register-data

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  • Skans, Oskar Nordstrom, 2004. "The impact of working-time reductions on actual hours and wages: evidence from Swedish register-data," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(5), pages 647-665, October.
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