Fairness as a source of hysteresis in employment and relative wages

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-331

  Skott, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Hysteresis; Overeducation; Unemployment; Wage inequality; Wage norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644371978     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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