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Economic geography and international inequality

Redding, Stephen; Venables, Anthony - In: Journal of international economics 62 (2004) 1, pp. 53-82

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Wages, Prices, and Labor Markets Before the Civil War

Goldin, Claudia; Margo, Robert A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1989

antebellum fluctuations were more apparent than real; nominal wages, not labor quantities, did most of the adjusting. We analyze … data on real wages for laborers, artisans, and clerks across four regions (Northeast, North Central, South Atlantic, and … South Central) during 1821 to 1856. Various time-series econometric methods reveal that shocks to real wages persisted even …

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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization : Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

Aghion, Philippe - 2006

We study the effects of the progressive elimination of the system of industrial regulations on entry and production, known as the "license raj," on registered manufacturing output, employment, entry and investment across Indian states with different labor market regulations. The effects are...

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Changes in the Distribution of Wages, 1940-1950 : The Public vs. the Private Sector

Margo, Robert A. - 1995

Between 1940 and 1950 wage differentials within and between labor market groups narrowed significantly - the so-called 'Great Compression'. This paper disaggregates the Great Compression into its public and private components. Wage compression in the public sector, along with a decline in the...

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The Great Compression : The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid- Century

Goldin, Claudia; Margo, Robert A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1991

The structure of wages narrowed considerably during the 1940's, increased slightly during the 1950's and 1960's, and … return attention here to the decade that was witness to an extraordinary compression in the wage structure. Wages narrowed by …-10 differential in the log of wages was 1.414 in 1940 but 1.060 in 1950. By 1985 it has risen back to its 1940 level. Thus the recent …

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‘Mechanization Takes Command’ : Inanimate Power and Labor Productivity in Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing

Atack, Jeremy - 2020

During the nineteenth century, the US manufacturing sector shifted away from the "hand labor" mode of production, characteristic of artisan shops, to the "machine labor" of the factory. This was the focus of an extremely detailed but extraordinarily complex study by the Commissioner of Labor...

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The Impact of the Civil War on Capital Intensity and Labor Productivity in Southern Manufacturing

Hutchinson, William - 2004

The Civil War resulted in a substantial divergence in the regional structure of factor prices. In particular, wages …

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Capital Deepening in American Manufacturing, 1850-1880

Atack, Jeremy - 2003

We use establishment-level data to study capital deepening -- increases in the capital-output ratio -- in American manufacturing from 1850 to 1880. In nominal terms, the aggregate capital-output ratio in our samples rose by 30 percent from 1850 to 1880. Growth in real terms was considerably...

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Product Choice and Product Switching

Bernard, Andrew B. - 2003

This paper develops a model of endogenous product selection by firms. The theory is motivated by new evidence we present on the importance of product switching by U.S. manufacturers. Two-thirds of continuing firms change their product mix every five years, and product switches involve more than...

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Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments, 1850-1880

Atack, Jeremy - 2000

average monthly wages across establishments. We find a marked increased in wage inequality over the period, an increase that … relatively low wages. We present indirect evidence that the negative effect of size on wages reflected differences in skill …

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