Efficiency Wages: Models of Unemployment, Layoffs, and Wage Dispersion

by Andrew Weiss

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691608903
• ISBN13: 9780691608907
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"