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Author Bewley, Truman F. (Truman Fassett), 1941-

Title Why wages don't fall during a recession / Truman F. Bewley
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 527 pages) : illustrations
Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 METHODS -- 3 TIME AND LOCATION -- 4 MORALE -- 5 COMPANY RISK AVERSION -- 6 INTERNAL PAY STRUCTURE -- 7 EXTERNAL PAY STRUCTURE -- 8 THE SHIRKING THEORY -- 9 THE PAY OF NEW HIRES IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR -- 10 RAISES -- 11 RESISTANCE TO PAY REDUCTION -- 12 EXPERIENCES WITH PAY REDUCTION -- 13 LAYOFFS -- 14 SEVERANCE BENEFITS -- 15 HIRING -- 16 VOLUNTARY TURNOVER -- 17 THE SECONDARY SECTOR -- 18 THE UNEMPLOYED -- 19 INFORMATION, WAGE RIGIDITY, AND LABOR NEGOTIATIONS -- 20 EXISTING THEORIES -- 21 REMARKS ON THEORY -- 22 WHERETO FROM HERE? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Summary This book discusses information from over 300 business executives and labor leaders as well as professional recruiters and advisors to unemployed workers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-524) and index
Notes English
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Subject Wages.
Recessions.
Labor supply.
Labor demand.
Labor market.
Employment (Economic theory)
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Employment
employing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
Labor market
Labor demand
Labor supply
Recessions
Wages
Salarissen.
Economische achteruitgang.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Salários.
Irredutibilidade do salário.
Crise econômica.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 99016443
ISBN 9780674020900
0674020901
0674009436
9780674009431
Other Titles Why wages do not fall during a recession