Does Industrial Composition Matter for Wages? A Test of Search and Bargaining Theory

Econometrica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1063-1104

  Beaudry, Paul ^a,c   Green, David A ^a,d   Sand, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Industrial composition; Search; Social interaction; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861702410     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8659     Document Type: Article

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