What determines the (internal) wage distribution in non-profit organizations?

Kyklos

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 580-596

  Pennerstorfer, Astrid ^a   Schneider, Ulrike ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 77958501145     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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