Public-sector wage comparability: The role of earnings dispersion

Public Finance Review

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 567-587

  Belman, Dale ^a   Heywood, John S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparability; Earnings differentials; Mean squared deviation

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644233314     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142104269657     Document Type: Review

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