Overtime work as a signaling device

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-189

  Anger, Silke ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNALING; WAGE;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 41749089157     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2008.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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