Wages ahead of demand

Economics Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-347

  Orszag, J Michael ^a   Zoega, Gylfi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency wages; Inter industry wage differentials; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030299458     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(96)00926-3     Document Type: Article

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