We analyze how quits responded to arbitrary differences in own and peer wages using an unusual feature of a pay raise … within 1 cent of each other received new wages that differed by 10 cents. First, we estimate a regression discontinuity (RD …) model based on own wages; we find large causal effects of wages on quits, with quit elasticities less than -10. Next, we …

the rate of unemployment and the wages of similar workers in the outside market and the wage-fairness perceptions of …

. -- Fair wages ; unemployment ; strategic effect ; offshoring …

The authors analyze gender differences in fairness perceptions of own wages and subsequent wage growth. The main …

concerns on economic outcomes. We also review evidence from laboratory and field experiments examining the role of wages and … fairness on effort, derive predictions from our approach for entry-level wages and incumbent workers' wages, confront these … of economic policies such as minimum wage laws. -- Fairness ; contracts ; wages ; effort ; experiments …

, resulting in wages that workers deem unfair, along with adverse worker morale consequences in equilibrium. These insights reveal … the efficiency costs of subcontracting as an employer strategy to redress workers' demand for fair wages. …