Labor Supply and Optimization Frictions: Evidence from the Danish Student Labor Market

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Labor Supply and Optimization Frictions : Evidence from the Danish Student Labor Market. / Søgaard, Jakob Egholt.

2019.

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Harvard

Søgaard, JE 2019 'Labor Supply and Optimization Frictions: Evidence from the Danish Student Labor Market'. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3317551

APA

Søgaard, J. E. (2019). Labor Supply and Optimization Frictions: Evidence from the Danish Student Labor Market. CEBI Working Paper Series Nr. 01/19 https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3317551

Vancouver

Søgaard JE. Labor Supply and Optimization Frictions: Evidence from the Danish Student Labor Market. 2019 jan. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3317551

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Søgaard, Jakob Egholt. / Labor Supply and Optimization Frictions : Evidence from the Danish Student Labor Market. 2019. (CEBI Working Paper Series; Nr. 01/19).

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