compensation than private sector workers, ceteris paribus. With respect to hourly remuneration (wages plus employer contributions … taking jobs in the public sector, either with respect to wages or pension wealth …

"comparability" process determining their wages …

This study addresses the legal principle of "comparability" that ties federal sector wages to wages in the private … the same wages in each sector. Estimates based on data from the 1982 CPS indicate males may have a slight wage advantage …-minimizing federal employer would pay wages no higher than necessary to attract employees and eliminate queues for federal jobs. If the …

significantly affects U.S. inward foreign direct investment. We find no evidence that relative wages have a significant impact on …

This paper exploits a rich and largely untapped source of information on the wages and other characteristics of …

This paper examines the magnitude of changes in relative wages across industries between 1860 and 1983 and analyzes the … across industries after 1948, the macroeconomic factors examined cannot account for this increased rigidity of relative wages …

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 …