The backward-sloping supply curve. Comment. See "On the folklore of the backward-sloping supply curve," by Harold G. Vatter (14:4, July 1961, p. 578).

Comments on Harold Vatter's argument that neglected influences on hours of work have impaired the conceptual validity of the short-run, backward-sloping supply curve of labor. Use of overtime rates; Vatter's contention that the short run market supply curve of labor will rise to the right as the offered overtime wage rises. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

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Year of publication:	1962
Authors:	Finegan, T. Aldrich
Published in:	Industrial and Labor Relations Review. - School of Industrial & Labor Relations, ISSN 0019-7939. - Vol. 15.1962, 2, p. 230-233
Publisher:	School of Industrial & Labor Relations

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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