Wage Dispersion and Firm Productivity in Different Working Environments

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 460-485

  Mahy, Benoît ^a   Rycx, François ^b   Volral, Mélanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 79959207035     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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