Wage rigidity: Micro and macro evidence on labor market adjustment in the modern sector

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 97-117

  Levy, Victor ^a   Newman, John L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0002259621     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/3.1.97     Document Type: Article

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