efficiency wage hypothesis

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economic_policy
gptkbp:associatedWith adverse selection
turnover costs
shirking model
sociological models
gptkbp:contrastsWith classical labor market theory
gptkbp:developedBy 1970s
1980s
gptkbp:explains involuntary unemployment
gptkbp:field labor economics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label efficiency wage hypothesis
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:George_Akerlof
gptkb:Janet_Yellen
gptkb:Joseph_Stiglitz
gptkb:Carl_Shapiro
gptkbp:proposedBy firms may pay above-market wages to increase productivity
higher wages can attract higher quality workers
higher wages can improve morale
higher wages can reduce shirking
higher wages can reduce turnover
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Quarterly_Journal_of_Economics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:business
productivity
unemployment
wage rigidity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yellen-Akerlof_efficiency_wage_model
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6