Workfare, monitoring, and efficiency wages

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-168

  Holzner, Christian ^a   Meier, Volker ^a   Werding, Martin ^b  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency wages; Monitoring; Welfare; Workfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349109246     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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