The Wage Differential between Nonprofit Institutions and Corporations: Getting More by Paying Less?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 246-261

  Handy, Femida ^a   Katz, Eliakim ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonprofits; Self selection; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001167419     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1998.1520     Document Type: Article

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