Wage dispersion : why are similar workers paid differently? /

Why are workers with identical skills found in both "good" jobs and "bad" jobs? Why are workers who do similar jobs paid differently, contrary to standard competitive theory? Observable differences in workers doing the same job account for only 30 percent of wage variation. In Wa...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Mortensen, Dale
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Series:	Zeuthen lecture book series
Subjects:	Pay equity. Equal pay for equal work. Wages and labor productivity. Wages > Mathematical models. ECONOMICS/Labor Studies Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book