Median voter theory applied to trade policy predicts positive tariffs in capital-abundant countries and negative … tariffs in labor-abundant countries. Negative tariffs are rare, and this paper reconciles the median voter theory with …

contribution from between-firm differences in wages in Sweden, which could reflect the influence of Swedish labor market … institutions in dampening the scope for variation in wages between firms through collective wage agreements. …

and wages at the beginning of their careers. After an initial employment period, only the best non-affiliates find future … work, but the wages of those who do find work catch up with affiliates' wages. Wage convergence is due to heightened wage …

wages at the beginning of their careers compared to similar workers without an agency affiliation. This advantage declines …

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

This paper adopts and develops the "fear of floating" theory to explain the decision to implement a de facto peg, the …

Relative wages vary considerably across regions of the United Kingdom, with skill-abundant regions exhibiting lower … variation in relative wages. U.K. regions with low skill premia produce different sets of manufacturing industries than regions … with high skill premia. Relative wages are also linked to subsequent economic development: over time, increases in the …

estimate a structural equation derived directly from Heckscher- Ohlin theory that relates an industry’s share of a region’s GDP …