Relative wage positions and quit behavior: new evidence from linked employer-employee data

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Relative wage positions and quit behavior: new evidence from linked employer-employee data. / Pfeifer, Christian; Schneck, Stefan.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2010. (Working paper series in Economics; No. 163).

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Pfeifer, C & Schneck, S 2010 'Relative wage positions and quit behavior: new evidence from linked employer-employee data' Working paper series in Economics, no. 163, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Pfeifer, C., & Schneck, S. (2010). Relative wage positions and quit behavior: new evidence from linked employer-employee data. (Working paper series in Economics; No. 163). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Pfeifer C, Schneck S. Relative wage positions and quit behavior: new evidence from linked employer-employee data. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2010. (Working paper series in Economics; 163).

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