cities in China. To do so, I construct a unique dataset of bilateral transportation costs between Chinese cities, digitized … a sectoral reallocation between cities in China …

variety of factors have influenced this process. We find that the widening of wage differentials with non-agricultural sectors …. In contrast to the traditional view that agricultural employment outflows are largely driven by productivity differences … and wage differentials, our results emphasize the roles of education as well as transport infrastructure in facilitating …

explains half of the wage gap. Immigrants are also initially less likely to participate in the labor market and more likely to …

and wage levels. This paper estimates the impact of changes in both import and export prices on employment and wages in …This paper investigates the sensitivity of sectoral employment and wages in the United States to changes in foreign … 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 … most likely because of a structural change in workers'' behavior, i.e. ""wage moderation"". The outward shift was … 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 …

increases in employment and output rather than only in wages; and (2) even though the domestic saving rate is high, foreign … wages are sustained by a large reserve army of rural labor which drives internal migration, and (2) domestic capital is … are important in explaining recent history; while nominal renmimbi appreciation may dampen price and wage increases, it …

We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure-electricity, roads, schools and … employment effect. Overall, we estimate that one percent of global GDP in public investment can create more than seven million … jobs worldwide through its direct employment effects alone …

Wage rises have remained stubbornly low in advanced Europe in recent years, but, at the same time, newer EU members are … experiencing rapid wage acceleration. This paper investigates the drivers of this wage divergence. Econometric analysis using error … correction models suggests that wage growth responds more quickly to changes in unemployment in the newer EU members than in …