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Supply Side Wage Determinants: Overview of Empirical Literature

Review of Economic Perspectives
Volume 12 (2012): Issue 4 (December 2012)
By: Jiří Balcar  
Open Access
|Jan 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10135-012-0010-x | Journal eISSN: 1804-1663 | Journal ISSN: 1213-2446
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Language: English
Page range: 207 - 222
Published on: Jan 29, 2013
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Keywords:
overview,
wage determinants,
education,
experience,
skills,
psychological traits,
beauty,
health,
social capital,
discrimination,
household characteristics,
background
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures

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