Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance: fist evidence from German linked employer-employee-data

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Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance: fist evidence from German linked employer-employee-data. / Braakmann, Nils.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2008. (Working paper series in economics; Nr. 77).

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Braakmann, N 2008 'Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance: fist evidence from German linked employer-employee-data' Working paper series in economics, Nr. 77, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Braakmann, N. (2008). Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance: fist evidence from German linked employer-employee-data. (Working paper series in economics; Nr. 77). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Braakmann N. Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance: fist evidence from German linked employer-employee-data. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2008. (Working paper series in economics; 77).

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