resources significantly increased educational attainment and wages later in life, particularly for the children of unskilled …

We develop an empirical framework to assess the importance of trade and technical change on the wages of production and … outsourcing and expenditures on high-technology equipment can explain a substantial amount of the increase in the wages of …

Foreign-owned establishments in the United States pay higher wages, on average, than domestically-owned establishments …. The foreign-owned establishments tend to be in higher-wage industries and also to pay higher wages within industries. They … tend to locate in lower-wage states, but to pay more than domestically-owned firms within industries within states. Wages …

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 …

Foreign-owned establishments in the United States pay higher wages, on average, than domestically-owned establishments … wages in favor of foreign establishments remains even when these other determinants of wages are taken into account. Within … manufacturing, the extent of foreign ownership in an industry in a state had no impact on wages in 1987 when these other factors …

the period for both wages and earnings, and that mobility is declining over time. Hence, this paper suggests that while …

designed to maintain wages of low-skilled workers. With or without a free trade agreement. the United States faces a …

This paper examines the flexibility of wages across industries inthe U.S. and seeks to determine the potential impact … which changes in the industrial wage structure may have for employment. With regard to the flexibility of wages across … structure since 1970, with the variation of log wages among industries increasing dramatically, particularly in the 1970s. This …