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Interpreting Evidence on Returns to Tenure: The Significance of Quasi-Specific Human Capital

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  • Michael Waldman, 1988. "Interpreting Evidence on Returns to Tenure: The Significance of Quasi-Specific Human Capital," UCLA Economics Working Papers 479, UCLA Department of Economics.
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