wages reflect this, with lower pay for greater uncertainty. We use the dispersion of exam grades within a field of education … as an indicator of the unobserved heterogeneity that employers face. We find solid evidence that starting wages are lower …

We examine the effects of endogenous offshoring on cost-efficiency, wages and unemployment in a task-assignment model … downward pressure on all wages through domestic skill-task reallocation. If elasticities of task substitution are low (high …), the downward pressure on wages in neighboring skill segments is low (high) with a net effect of higher (lower) wages and …

's equilibrium implies that positive attributes in one location, like access to downtown or high wages, are offset by negative … attributes, like high housing prices. The employer's equilibrium requires that high wages be offset by a high level of … justify high wages is the basis for the study of agglomeration economies which has been a significant branch of urban …

-neutral technology on hours worked, productivity and wages in a novel structural vector error correction framework identified by non …, productivity and wages. Structural inequality shocks also have a negative impact on hours worked, but additionally reduce …