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 …

vacancies. Job flexibility at low wages is more likely to be offered alongside a wage-contract that exposes workers to earnings … risk, while flexibility at higher wages and in more skilled occupations is more likely to be offered alongside a fixed … point increase in the proportion of flexible and non-salaried vacancies at low wages …

We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the … adjustment costs that are highly unevenly distributed across workers according to their skill levels and conditions of employment …

wages rose in tandem with the higher adult minimum wage, but with no impact on their employment. Based on further empirical … context is the United Kingdom where government mandated an unexpected change in the structure of minimum wages and their … higher minimum wage for those aged 25 and above significantly affected wages, but at the same time with little evidence of …

Previous empirical studies on the effect of age on productivity and wages find contradicting results. Some studies find … that if workers grow older there is an increasing gap between productivity and wages, i.e. wages increase with age while …