• Title of article

    A note on wage differentials, fixed-wages and adverse selection

  • Author/Authors

    G. Carlier، نويسنده , , D. Gaumont، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    349
  • To page
    356
  • Abstract
    Using a substitution property of worker’s types (productivity and time preference), we propose an explanation for both fixed-wages and wage differentials. Fixed-wages result in bunching at the optimum. Equally productive workers with different time preference accept different wages
  • Keywords
    Fixed-wages , Labor contracts , Adverse selection , Heterogeneous time preference , Wage differentials
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435061