Wage interactions: Comparisons or fall-back options?

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 435, 1996, Pages 495-506

  Smith, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS INDUSTRY; FALL-BACK WAGE; PAY BARGAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION;

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EID: 0029756256     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235263     Document Type: Article

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