standard hourly wage of some workers and encourage work sharing that increases employment, with particular advantages for … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …, neutralize, or even reduce employment. And increasing the coverage of overtime pay regulations has little effect on the share of …

standard hourly wage of some workers and encourage work sharing that increases employment, with particular advantages for … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …, neutralize, or even reduce employment. And increasing the coverage of overtime pay regulations has little effect on the share of …

there is little evidence of a sustained rise in wages for either unskilled rural or factory workers. …

the quality of the work found by the unemployed. This quality rise, in terms of both wages and duration, can be achieved …

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …

Workers participating in firm-sponsored training receive higher wages as a result. But given that firms pay the …

Low-wage employment has become an important feature of the labor market and a controversial topic for debate in many …-paid employment, whether they become persistent, or whether they result in repeated unemployment. The empirical evidence is mixed …