The Fair Wage-Effort Hypothesis and Unemployment

DOI10.2307/2937787zbMath1254.91310OpenAlexW2030351515MaRDI QIDQ4898340

George A. Akerlof, Janet L. Yellen

Publication date: 1 January 2013

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2937787

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