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an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and … escalation of high-skill wages. This collection brings together innovative new ideas and data sources in order to provide more … on U.S. wages. This timely volume offers a thorough appraisal of the wage distribution predicament, examining the …
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higher marginal rate of substitution of current wages for future wages. Incidentally, a survey of several hundred …
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of monopsony. We use an exogenous change in wages at Veterans Affairs hospitals as a natural experiment to investigate … responded to the VA wage change by changing their own wages …
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In this paper, we make the general point that econometric studies of the firm can be effectively and substantially enriched by using information collected from employees, even if only a few of them are surveyed per firm. Though variables measured on the basis of the answers of very few employees...
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bargaining power of workers, leading to lower average wages. A key insight is that employers credibly refuse to pay high wages to … individual bargaining power, such as under a collective bargaining agreement or in markets with posted wages, greater … transparency has a muted impact on average wages. We test these predictions by evaluating the roll-out of U.S. state legislation …
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-commerce firm's fulfillment centers reduces traditional retail workers' income in geographically proximate counties by 2.4%. Wages …
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The entry of married women into the labor force and the rise in women's relative wages are amongst the most notable … discontinued growth in female labor supply and wages since the 1990s is a consequence of growing inequality. Our hypothesis is that … their participation and wages. We show that the slowdown in participation and wage growth was concentrated among women …
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Using panel data from 23 OECD countries, I document that wages grow more over the life-cycle in countries where job …
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This paper studies the dynamic behavior of changes in productivity, wages, and prices. Results are based on a new data …. Europe has neither greater nominal wage flexibility nor more rigid real wages than the U. S. Evidence that the U. S. exhibits … bonus of extra output as a result of a uniquely vertical European aggregate supply curve. The analysis of real wages also …
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