marginal productivity of different categories of workers with the wages they earn. Under certain conditions, the wage premiums …

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 …

The idea that wages rise relative to alternatives as job seniority accumulates is the foundation of the theory of … tenures typically earn higher wages tends to support these views, yet this evidence ignores the decisions that have brought … individuals to the combination of wages, job tenure, and experience that are observed in survey data. Allowing for sources of bias …

cycle, of several dimensions of economic inequality, including wages, labor earnings, income, consumption, and wealth. After … emphasis on cross-country comparisons. Most, but not all, countries experienced substantial increases in wages and earnings …

in wages are explained by movements in lagged levels of profitability and unemployment. The results appear to be … competitive labor market model. The paper estimates the unemployment elasticity of pay at approximately -0.03, and the profit …