, wages and restructuring in transition in three former centrally planned economies (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland). They … protect low skilled wages; whereas in late transition ones, firm level agreements increase medium and especially high skilled … wages. Some cross country differences emerge in the structure of the wage premium as a result of country specific features …

labor share, employment and wages respond to privatization and other regulatory changes. We exploit cross-country panel data …

have been exaggerated. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average … have experienced greater downward pressure on wages and greater competition for jobs than others, but these effects still …

have occurred due to changes in factor prices: a large fall in real wages and increases in the cost of capital. In previous … recessions real wages did not fall, but reforms to union strength and welfare have made wages more sensitive to negative demand …

import competition experienced slower growth in manufacturing wages and in-migration rates between 2000 and 2010, and greater …

much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and …

expected to have only small allocational consequences and that measures of base wages are more useful in drawing conclusions …