is exogenous. It predicts that riskier jobs are associated with higher wages. In contrast, in our model, workers make … risk and wages. We test the model's predictions using obesity as a proxy for worker disinvestments in human capital and … between individual accident risk and wages, but only in high risk occupations. The latter relationship may downward bias or …

between compositional factors (eg, differences in industry and employment composition across foreign and domestic firms) and … received relatively high wages regardless of where they worked. However, even among apparently similar workers and firms, we … growth among foreign-owned firms. These premia appear to be specific to foreign-firm employment, as workers who return to …

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 …