''Labour Economics'' is a bimonthly

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covering labor economics. It was established in 1993 and is the official journal of the

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. It is published by

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and the

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is Arthur van Soest (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 1.036.

Editors in Chief

Alison Booth Alison L. Booth is an Australian labour economist and novelist who is professor of economics at the Australian National University. She is the author of six novels. These are ''Stillwater Creek'' (2010), ''The Indigo Sky'' (2011), ''A Distant La ...

(1999–2004) * Helena Skyt Nielsen (2014–2017) * Arthur van Soest (2018–present)

References

External links

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