Are wages too low? Empirical implications of efficiency wage models

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 594-602

  Carter, Thomas J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033461372     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1060818     Document Type: Article

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