for median weekly earnings growth into the part associated with the wage growth ofpersons employed at the beginning and … end of the period (the wage growth effect) and the part associated withchanges in the composition of earners (the … tight job switchers get high wage increases,making them account for half of the variation in median weekly earnings growth …

Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using theefficiency wage model as the … mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urbaneconomy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to …

: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention. Contrary to the traditional gift-exchange hypothesis, we show that … than egoistic managers do. In such equilibria, a low wage signals to employees that the manager has something else to offer …

are inconsistent with observed residual wage dispersion. Weaddress this issue by modeling skill development and duration … and search on the job are the main drivers behind our model’s empiricalsuccess in replicating wage dispersion (residual …

Statistical Offices to look at the quality of thisproxy variable by investigating the link between the average wage in a firm and … new light on the role of highly qualified employees forsuccess on export markets that is not revealed by the average wage …

We investigate the relationship between exporting, importing, and wage premia using a richmatched employer … set of worker- and firm-levelobservable and unobservable characteristics to the wage gap, and (ii) by controlling for … firm size and sales are, todifferent extents, important components of the wage gap both for exporters and importers …

employment and wage practices of foreign and domestic firms in Brazil, using detailed matched firm-worker panel data... …

This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement …

focused on the wage effects that result from changes in theaggregate labour supply in a competitive labour market. We argue … that if labour markets arenot fully competitive, the use of immigrants may also affect wage formation at the … effect works at least partly through a general effect on the wage norm inthe firm of hiring employees with poor outside …