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Television and the Labor Supply: Evidence from the Digital Television Transition in the UK

Adrián Nieto
Published online before print February 07, 2023, 0221-11468R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0221-11468R2
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Adrián Nieto is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research ().
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