Do ethnicity and sex of employers affect applicants’ job interest? An experimental exploration
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal for Labour Market Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2510-5019,2510-5027
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-020-00281-x