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Measuring wage effects of plant size

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  • Albaek, Karsten
  • Arai, Mahmood
  • Asplund, Rita
  • Barth, Erling
  • Strojer Madsen, Erik

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  • Albaek, Karsten & Arai, Mahmood & Asplund, Rita & Barth, Erling & Strojer Madsen, Erik, 1998. "Measuring wage effects of plant size," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 5(4), pages 425-448, December.
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