Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise … until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that this trend corresponds to a task bias in employment changes …: routine jobs have lost relative employment, especially in predominantly manual occupations. We further provide the first …

study the labour market effects of public sector employment and wages. Public sector wages plays an important role in … achieving the efficient allocation. High wages induce too many unemployed to queue for public sector jobs, while if they are low … friction parameters. In response to technology shocks, it is optimal to have procyclical public sector wages. Deviations from …

headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and wages. We find that migraine headache is associated with a decrease in … wages. However, there is little evidence that migraine headache leads to reductions in labor force participation or hours … worked. We conclude that estimates of the cost of migraine headache to society should include its impact on wages …

meaningful employment, are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act … on public works participation, labor force participation, and real wages of casual workers by exploiting its phased … significant positive impact on the wages of female casual workers-real wages of female casual workers increased 8% more in NREGA …

the period 1995-2001, in order to identify the effect of inflows of immigrants on their career, employment, location and … market. They are also more likely to start a self-employment activity. As a consequence of this upward mobility their income … increases or stays the same in response to immigration. We find no evidence of an increased likelihood to leave employment or to …

affected by minimum wage laws as a result. We compare the effects of minimum wage laws on employment and earnings among … school and on teenagers, groups likely to earn low wages. Conventional economic theory predicts that higher minimum wages … lead to higher hourly earnings among people who are employed but lower employment rates. Data from the Current Population …

effect of military service on lifetime earnings, wages, and employment are obtained by comparing men born before July 1, 1937 …

In this paper, we analyse differences in the cyclical pattern of employment and wages of immigrants and natives for two …

and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as …) econometric approach that identifies the effects of shocks resulting from hurricanes. Based on the Quarterly Census of Employment … counties; however, this is coupled with a slower growth rate in employment. Powerful hurricanes have greater effects than their …

Differences in wages, employment, and capital between worker-owned and capitalist enterprises are computed from a …. Co-op wages are about 14 percent lower on average and they are more volatile (and employment less volatile) than those in …, employment, and capital equations largely corroborate the implications of the behavioral models of the two types of enterprise …