This study transforms the October Inquiry' Survey of wages conducted by the International Labour Organization into a … while rising markedly in countries moving from communism to free markets and in lower middle income countries. 2. Wages in …

case of high wages imposed on s firm by unions from that in which the firm might be choosing its wage level in order to …. The results show generally positive effects of firm wages on employee experience and tenure as well as on subjective … productivity scores. The firm's wages generally have negative effects on job vacancy rates and positive effects on the perceived …

We study the effect of globalization on the volatility of wages and worker welfare in a model in which risk is … trade hurts rich-country workers, while reducing the volatility of their wages; by contrast, offshoring benefits them, while … raising the volatility of their wages. We thus formalize, but also sharply circumscribe, a common critique of globalization …

This paper assesses the evidence regarding the effects of multinational production on wages and working conditions in … exploit workers by paying low wages and subjecting them to substandard conditions. We first address efforts of activist groups …-country wages. Available theories yield ambiguous predictions, leaving the effects to be examined empirically. We therefore, finally …

This study investigates the impact of union organization on the wages and labor practices of establishments newly …. There are two major findings. First. unionism had only a modest effect on wages in the newly organized plants, which … Current Population Survey and related data tapes. Second, in contrast co its modest impact on wages, new unionization …