Involuntary unemployment and non-compensating wage differentials in an experimental labour market

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 434, 1996, Pages 106-121

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Kirchsteiger, Georg ^a   Riedl, Arno ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY WAGE; INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT; LABOUR MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE LEVEL;

EID: 0029728938     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2234934     Document Type: Article

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