Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior
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- Dube, Arindrajit & Giuliano, Laura & Leonard, Jonathan, 2015. "Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior," IZA Discussion Papers 9149, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Arindrajit Dube & Laura Giuliano & Jonathan Leonard, 2018. "Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior," NBER Working Papers 24906, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- 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
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
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