approach allows us to jointly estimate the effects of the minimum wage on unemployment, average wages, sector mobility, wage … probability of sector status given wage recovers the relationship between latent sector status and wages. I apply the method in … strongly affects wage inequality, reducing up to 20% the standard deviation of log-wages, and reduces revenues from labor taxes …

empirically assess the effect of the minimum wage on unemployment, average wages, sector mobility, wage inequality, the size of … the informal sector, and on labour tax revenues. The study finds that while minimum wage policy can increase average wages … workers who would enjoy relatively high wages even in the absence of unions. Consequently, the authors argue that reforms in …

non-official languages at work have lower wages than those who use only English at work. …

the earnings data that has been used in the past. Wages more closely correspond to the price of labour, which is the focus … gender differences in wages with gender differences in decisions of how much to work (i.e., hours). Our results reveal … only 0.72. We also find that as the gender wage ratio has risen, the remaining gap in wages is increasingly unexplained in …

LES development in the Canadian labour force can result in lower wages, reduced job stability, and potentially raise risks … of workplace injury for workers; in addition to lower productivity for Canadian firms. While anecdotal evidence suggests …

Skills (LES) among the Canadian workforce. In addition to having negative impacts on firms’ productivity, research also … suggests that workers suffer consequences of low literacy in the form of lower wages, reduced job stability, and even higher …

network should have higher wages than those finding a job through formal channels. Moreover, this wage differential is … wages for those with weak networks, and the interaction between network strength and finding a job through the network is …