The paper uses a new country-level, panel data set to study the effect of public sector wages on corruption. The …-corruption policies. Increasing the wages of public officials could help reduce corruption in countries with low public sector wage … inequality. In countries where public sector wages are highly unequal, however, raising the wages of government employees could …

estimates of the local labor market effects (wages and informality) and estimates from wage equations that reflect the … shock was localized both in terms of sector and geography. Wages increased and informality decreased in sub-districts more …

employment levels and average wages by gender and consider whether export destination or the competiveness of economies matters …Using firm-level data for Georgia, the paper estimates the quasi-elasticity of employment and wages with respect to the … improves female employment but reduces overall average wages and female wages. Increasing exports to the European Union as well …