developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

We analyse the effects of imports on employment and earnings by distinguishing between import competition in final …

costs influence insider wages and outsiders' opportunities and how these costs affect employment and unemployment. We also … address the more complex, and open, question of how employment and unemployment move through time, in response to labor market …

share the results with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search … search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms increases callbacks. These …

shows that growing import competition from China differentially reduced earnings and employment rates for workers in more … largest for lower-skilled individuals. We show that domestic manufacturing employment declined much more in countries that saw …

stagnant in transition economies. Admittedly, employment equality among genders was initially much higher in transition …Women in developed economies have experienced an unparalleled increase in employment rates, to the point that the gap … working (e.g. access to caring facilities) and the opportunity costs of not-working (notably, relative growth in wages in …

on whether it actually matters for wages, and if it does, what are the underlying mechanisms. We empirically examine … successfully find a job in a competitive market) to potential employers, resulting in lower wages; and 2) there exists a trade …-off between wages and search efficiency for quicker entry into local labor market. We also find some evidence that the informal …