Asymmetric learning and the wage/productivity relationship

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 419-429

  Waldman, Michael ^a  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor market signalling; Wage determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030529098     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(96)00884-0     Document Type: Article

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