Why You Can't Find a Taxi in the Rain and Other Labor Supply Lessons from Cab Drivers
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- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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