model in which rural-urban migration adjust to produce a positive relation between unemployment and wages across regions and … sectors, wages and unemployment are inversely related by the "wage curve". 7) Unions affect non-wage outcomes as well as wage … paid labor. 3) In many countries minimum wages "spill-over" to the unregulated sector, producing spikes in the wage …

general human capital training. It is shown that more productive firms provide more training and pay higher wages. …

In countries where wages are primarily set by collective bargaining, the effects on unemployment of changes in the … relations. In this paper, we examine the role this quality of labor relations has played in the evolution of unemployment across … relations have experienced higher unemployment. This conclusion remains even after controlling for labor institutions. …

This paper asks whether disclosing wages to the public changes wage setting at the top of the public sector income … mandate manager wages were already in the public domain. This decline was largely accomplished through nominal pay cuts. The … these sets of cities. Wages were cut irrespective of whether or not they were out of line with (measured) fundamentals …