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Estimating the Variance of Wages in the Presence of Selection and Unobservable Heterogeneity

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  • Stacey H. Chen, 2003. "Estimating the Variance of Wages in the Presence of Selection and Unobservable Heterogeneity," Discussion Papers 03-01, University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Economics.
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