The Reasons for Wage Rigidity: Evidence from a Survey of Firms
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 112 (3) , 759-789
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003355397555343
Abstract
A survey of 184 firms was conducted to investigate the reasons for wage rigidity. The strongest support was found for explanations based on adverse sKeywords
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