Match Bias in Wage Gap Estimates Due to Earnings Imputation
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Match Bias in Wage Gap Estimates Due to Earnings Imputation Author(s): Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 22, No. 3 (July 2004), pp. 689-722 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Society of Labor Economists and the NORC at the University of Chicago Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/383112 . Accessed: 19/04/2012 18:30
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