Assuming a two-period model with endogenous choices of labour, education, and saving, it is shown to be second …-best efficient to deviate from Ramsey's Rule and to distort qualified labour less than nonqualified labour. The result holds for …

The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, we survey the way in which the tax burden on labour has been proxied for … extent the conclusions of some studies change if some alternative indicator for the tax burden on labour is employed. We … indicator for the tax burden on labour is also shown to affect the conclusions of some well-known empirical models. …

increases from the tradable to the non-tradable sector and to cause real wages to increase beyond productivity increases. Panel …

The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and … unemployment and wages in aggregate analysis. We do find, however, evidence of distributional effects when accounting for human …

We develop a model of international trade with a monopsonistically competitive labour market in which firms employ … skilled labour for headquarter tasks and unskilled workers to conduct a continuum of production tasks. Firms can enter foreign … and the offshoring of tasks. At the firm-level, exporting leads to higher wages and employment, while offshoring of …

unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross …

, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …

altruistic managers may offer lower wages and nevertheless build up better social-exchange relationships with their employees …