The causes and economic consequences of envy

SERIEs

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 371-386

  Cabrales, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Envy; Interdependent preferences; Internal labor market; Recursive contracts; Skill segregation; Wage dispersion; Wage dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957244119     PISSN: 18694187     EISSN: 18694195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13209-010-0028-1     Document Type: Article

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