Labour Unrest and the Quality of Production: Evidence from the Construction Equipment Resale Market
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- Alexandre Mas, 2007. "Labor Unrest and the Quality of Production: Evidence from the Construction Equipment Resale Market," NBER Working Papers 13138, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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JEL classification:
- D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
- D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
- J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
- J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
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