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Estimating the elasticity of labor supply to a firm: results from a field experiment

Robert Tucker OmbergDepartment of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 913-918 | Published online: 26 Jan 2022

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