Does wage compression explain rigid money wages?
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- Gylfi Zoega & Thorlakur Karlsson, 2005. "Does Wage Compression Explain Rigid Money Wages?," Birkbeck Working Papers in Economics and Finance 0516, Birkbeck, Department of Economics, Mathematics & Statistics.
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- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
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