Real wages and unemployment in the big squeeze

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 576, 2014, Pages 408-432

  Gregg, Paul ^a,b,c,d,e   Machin, Stephen ^a,b,c,d,e   Fernández Salgado, Mariña ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Markets and Public Organisation   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84899689703     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12139     Document Type: Article

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