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Piece rates and workplace injury: does survey evidence support Adam Smith?

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Piece rates and workplace injury: does survey evidence support Adam Smith? / Bender, Keith; Green, Colin; Heywood, John.
In: Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 01.2012, p. 569-590.

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Bender, K, Green, C & Heywood, J 2012, 'Piece rates and workplace injury: does survey evidence support Adam Smith?', Journal of Population Economics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 569-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-011-0393-5

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Bender, K., Green, C., & Heywood, J. (2012). Piece rates and workplace injury: does survey evidence support Adam Smith? Journal of Population Economics, 25(2), 569-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-011-0393-5

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Bender K, Green C, Heywood J. Piece rates and workplace injury: does survey evidence support Adam Smith? Journal of Population Economics. 2012 Jan;25(2):569-590. Epub 2011 Nov 3. doi: 10.1007/s00148-011-0393-5

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Bender, Keith ; Green, Colin ; Heywood, John. / Piece rates and workplace injury : does survey evidence support Adam Smith?. In: Journal of Population Economics. 2012 ; Vol. 25, No. 2. pp. 569-590.

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