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The Growth of Earnings Instability in the U.S. Labor Market

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ID23359201
AuthorsPeter Gottschalk, Robert Moffitt (0000-0002-3627-3057), Lawrence F Katz, William T Dickens
Year1994
Volume1994
Issue2
Pages217
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrookings Papers on Economic Activity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-2303 • E-ISSN: 1533-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2534657
OpenAlexW2058945081
LanguageEN
Citations received122
References cited6

Peter Gottschalk, Robert Moffitt, Lawrence F. Katz, William T. Dickens, The Growth of Earnings Instability in the U.S. Labor Market, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Vol. 1994, No. 2 (1994), pp. 217-272

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Citations per year3,94
Citation span1995 - 2026 (32)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
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