the efficiency costs of subcontracting as an employer strategy to redress workers' demand for fair wages. …Labor market subcontracting is a global phenomenon. This paper presents a theory of wage fairness in a subcontracted … subcontractor-mediated hires. We show that subcontracting derives its appeal from a downward revision of workers' fair wage demand …

the efficiency costs of subcontracting as an employer strategy to redress workers' demand for fair wages …Labor market subcontracting is a global phenomenon. This paper presents a theory of wage fairness in a subcontracted … subcontractor-mediated hires. We show that subcontracting derives its appeal from a downward revision of workers' fair wage demand …

decrease the volatility of real wages, ceteris paribus. For a sample of 14 OECD countries over the period 1985-2005, the gross …

The presence of workers who reciprocate higher wages with greater effort can have important consequences for labor …