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A field experiment to study sex and age discrimination in the Madrid labour market

Rocío Albert Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Lorenzo Escot School of Statistics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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José Andrés Fernández-Cornejo Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Pages 351-375 | Published online: 19 Feb 2011

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