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Complexity, wages, and the O-ring production function: evidence from Finnish panel data

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  • Pekkarinen, Tuomas, 2002. "Complexity, wages, and the O-ring production function: evidence from Finnish panel data," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 531-546, September.
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