The fair wage-effort hypothesis and unemployment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 255-283

  Akerlof, George A ^a   Yellen, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY THEORY; FAIR WAGE-EFFORT HYPOTHESIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DIFFERENTIAL;

EID: 0025620817     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2937787     Document Type: Article

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