Are shirking and leisure substitutable? An empirical test of efficiency wages based on urban economic theory

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 498-517

  Ross, Stephen L ^a   Zenou, Yves ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Efficiency wage; Leisure; Urban unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; TESTING METHOD; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849144337     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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