Flattening Firms and Wage Distribution
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Keywords
Delayering; asymmetric information; wage distribution; slot constraint;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2014-09-29 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-GER-2014-09-29 (German Papers)
- NEP-LAB-2014-09-29 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2014-09-29 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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