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Job Queues and Wages : New Evidence on the Minimum Wage and Inter-Industry Wage Structure
Holzer, Harry J. - 2010
This paper uses job applications- data to test the existence of non-competitive, ex-ante rents in the labor market. We first examine whether jobs that pay the legal minimum wage face an excessively of labor as measured by the number of job applications received for the most recent positions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760207
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Changes in Relative Wages, 1963-1987 : Supply and Demand Factors
Katz, Lawrence F.; Murphy, Kevin M. - 2021
A simple supply and demand framework is used to analyze changes in the U.S. wage structure from 1963 to 1987. Rapid secular growth in the demand for more-educated workers, 'more-skilled' workers, and females appears to be the driving force behind observed changes in the wage structure. Measured...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013237022
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A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages
Katz, Lawrence F.; Loveman, Gary W.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2021
This paper compares changes in the structure of wages in France, Great Britain, Japan. and the United States over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210627
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Changes in the Structure of Wages : the U.S. Versus Japan
Katz, Lawrence F.; Revenga, Ana - 2021
school males in the U.S., the wages of male new entrants have risen relative to more experienced workers for both high school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210697
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Inter-Industry Wage Differences and Theories of Wage Determination
Dickens, William T.; Katz, Lawrence F. - 2021
Numerous studies have shown large differences in wages for apparently similar workers across industries. These findings … that they have failed to distinguish between union and nonunion workers. Many economists may expect union workers wages to … be set in a noncompetitive fashion but would be surprised if nonunion wages were. We examine the differences in wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212603
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Changes in the Structure of Wages in the Public and Private Sectors
Katz, Lawrence F.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2022
The wage structure in the U.S. public sector responded sluggishly to substantial changes in private sector wages during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013309232