What if Wages Fell During a Recession?
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experimental economics;JEL classification:
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2017-08-06 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LMA-2017-08-06 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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