This paper estimates the output gap in Russia using a utilization-adjusted production function approach, which we argue … ""natural rates"" of capacity and labor utilization above which inflation begins to accelerate; (2) estimating a production … when both capital and labor are at their estimated natural rates. The results suggest that the output gap in Russia was …

This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … higher average wages; thus any relatively slower employment growth in this group of firms could lead to lower inequality …

This paper presents a general equilibrium model of interenterprise arrears, characterized by n-stage production …

This paper investigates the sensitivity of sectoral employment and wages in the United States to changes in foreign … and wage levels. This paper estimates the impact of changes in both import and export prices on employment and wages in … most sectors, changes in trade prices do not have significant effects on employment and wages, although they generally have …

Using household level data for France from 1990 to 2000, we estimate a relationship between wages and unemployment … particularly large between 1996 and 2000 and undoubtedly contributed strongly to the exceptional employment performance during that …

We examine the extent to which declining manufacturing employment may have contributed to increasing inequality in …

Data on the weekly operating time of capital improve the measurement of effective capital input in production. The … production function of the French business sector is found to be consistent with a Cobb-Douglas technology under constant returns …