Declining inter-industry wage dispersion in the US

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1081-1101

  Kim, ChangHwan ^a   Sakamoto, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency wages; Inter industry wage dispersion; Multilevel growth model; Organizational power; Skill biased technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549116425     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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