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Keywords
imperfect information; sorting; on-the-job training; size-wage premium;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- 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-BEC-2010-06-26 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CTA-2010-06-26 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-HRM-2010-06-26 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2010-06-26 (Labour Economics)
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