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Fairness, Reciprocity, and Wage Rigidity

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Bewley, Truman () (Yale University and IZA Bonn)
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This paper contains a review of empirical work related to wage rigidity, where researchers have collected their own data. The work includes field studies, economic experiments, and psychological surveys. Economists have done the field studies and experiments, and management scientists and experimental psychologists have done the surveys. There is a remarkable agreement among the observations of all these investigators.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 1137.

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Keywords: wage and salary determination; wage rigidity; unemployment; layoffs; hiring; and firing;

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E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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