A theory of wage and promotion dynamics inside firms

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1321-1358

  Gibbons, Robert ^a   Waldman, Michael ^a  

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EID: 0039723342     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556287     Document Type: Article

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