Rising wage inequality in Germany

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-380

  Gernandt, Johannes ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Friedhelm ^a,b  

^a 1 ^*

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Real wages; Skill structure; Tenure; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049097698     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2007-0403     Document Type: Article

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