This paper studies the efficient agreements about the dependence of workers' earnings on employment, when the … employment level is controlled by firms. The firms ' superior information about profitability conditions is responsible for this … form of contract governance. Under plausible assumptions, such agreements will cause employment to diverge from efficiency …

earnings by the entire nominal employer share of the tax increase. If wages play a motivational role but the market still … clears, the range of possible outcomes is broader but wages should still not rise if the tax is nominally divided 50/50. In … effects of wages are important but cannot clearly distinguish between the efficiency wage and market-clearing versions of …

provinces. We examine monthly data on employment, wages, and hours across 8 industries and 10 provinces over the 1961- 1975 … period. We find that employment actually rose after the introduction of NHI; wages increased as well, while average hours … effects, there is no existing evidence on the effects of NHI on employment. We provide such evidence by examining the …

minimum wages depress employment, is not supported by the empirical findings in some labour markets. In this paper we present … relationship between minimum wages and employment is estimated to be positive …Recent work on the economic effects of minimum wages has stressed that the standard economic model, where increases in …

This paper evaluates the wage, employment, and hours effects of the first and second phase-in of the Seattle Minimum … variety of methods to analyze employment in all sectors paying below a specified real hourly wage rate, we conclude that the … second wage increase to $13 reduced hours worked in low-wage jobs by 6-7 percent, while hourly wages in such jobs increased …

-cancer control group in employment, hours worked, wages, and earnings. Overall, breast cancer has a negative impact on the decision …'s employment, breast cancer may not be debilitating for those who remain in the work force. We explore numerous possible biases …

relative to non-exporters. Employment, shipments and capital intensity are all higher at exporters at any given moment. This … exporters. The benefits of exporting for the firm are less clear. Employment" growth and the probability of survival are both …

We study the short-term trajectories of employment, hours worked, and real wages of immigrants in Canada and the U … growth in employment and wages in the U.S. than in Canada. We further compare longitudinal and cross-sectional trajectories …

, with employment elasticities ranging from -0.04 to -0.13. Large employer minimum wage announcements influenced wages more …-wage sector in the US. In recent years, a number of private employers have opted to institute or raise company-wide minimum wages … recent minimum wages by Amazon, Walmart, Target, CVS, and Costco using data from millions of online job ads and employee …