Efficiency Wages : Models of Unemployment, Layoffs, and Wage Dispersion
Known for his seminal work in efficiency-wage theory, Andrew Weiss surveys recent research in the field and presents new results. He shows how wage schedules affect the kinds of workers a firm employs and how well those workers perform on the job. Using straightforward examples, he demonstrates how...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | Known for his seminal work in efficiency-wage theory, Andrew Weiss surveys recent research in the field and presents new results. He shows how wage schedules affect the kinds of workers a firm employs and how well those workers perform on the job. Using straightforward examples, he demonstrates how efficiency-wage theory can explain labor market outcomes and guide government policy. There is a separate section of applications to less developed countries. ""Efficiency-wage models represent one of the most important developments in economic theory of recent years. They have, at last, provided |
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Description: | Cover. |
Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (128 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781400862061 |