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 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 …

estimate employment for three skill categories of blue collar workers. Employment elasticities are uniformly higher in the east …, and for unskilled labor. The former result contradicts union claims that wages had little relevance for east German job …

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