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Pre-Market Skills, Occupational Choice, and Career Progression

Jamin D. Speer
Journal of Human Resources, January 2017, 52 (1) 187-246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.1.0215-6940R
Jamin D. Speer
Jamin D. Speer is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Memphis.
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vol. 52 no. 1 187-246
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.1.0215-6940R
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received February 1, 2015
  • Accepted July 1, 2015
  • Published online February 16, 2017.

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  1. Jamin D. Speer is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Memphis.
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    • VI. Results: Career Progression
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