Efficiency wages and industry wage differentials: A comparison across methods of pay

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 617-631

  Chen, Paul ^c   Edin, Per Anders ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036418137     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302760556459     Document Type: Review

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