Social Norms and the Labor Market

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Standard

Social Norms and the Labor Market. / Görges, Luise; Nosenzo, Daniele.
Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. ed. / Klaus F. Zimmermann. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2020. p. 1-26.

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Harvard

Görges, L & Nosenzo, D 2020, Social Norms and the Labor Market. in KF Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_131-1

APA

Görges, L., & Nosenzo, D. (2020). Social Norms and the Labor Market. In K. F. Zimmermann (Ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (pp. 1-26). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_131-1

Vancouver

Görges L, Nosenzo D. Social Norms and the Labor Market. In Zimmermann KF, editor, Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 2020. p. 1-26 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_131-1

Bibtex

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