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dc.contributor.authorBarmby, Tim
dc.contributor.authorDolton, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2006-01-27T17:45:23Z
dc.date.available2006-01-27T17:45:23Z
dc.date.issued2006-01-27T17:45:23Z
dc.identifier.issnISSN 0143-4543
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/48
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses data on the daily work decisions of archaeological workers on a Syrian archaeological dig in 1938. The remuneration contract that these workers faced involved a fixed component and a stochastic component termed “bakshish” which were daily payments for small finds that the worker made on the dig. The value of these finds we argue represent transitory movements in the worker’s wage which can be used to examine intertemporal labour supply behaviour.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEconomics Working Paper Seriesen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2006-01en
dc.subjectIntertemporal labour supplyen
dc.subjectBakshishen
dc.titleThe Riddle of the Sands? Incentives and Labour Contracts on Archaeological digs in Northern Syria in the 1930sen
dc.typeWorking Paperen


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