Job satisfaction and co-worker wages: Status or signal

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 536, 2009, Pages 430-447

  Clark, Andrew E ^a,b   Kristensen, Nicolai ^b   Westergård Nielsen, Niels ^b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; PRIVATE SECTOR; WAGE;

EID: 64649089483     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02236.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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