A fair wage model of unemployment with inertia in fairness perceptions

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-114

  Chouliarakis, George ^a   Correa López, Mónica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BBVA University Institute for Economic and Social Analysis University of Alcalá   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; SKILLED LABOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

EID: 84890348438     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gps041     Document Type: Article

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