uses industry-specific exchange rate movements to generate exogenous variation in export status at the firm-level. The …

the wages of workers employed at heterogeneous firms. The analysis of the data at the firm-level confirms earlier findings … of a differential positive effect of trade liberalization on the average wages at exporting firms relative to non …-exporting firms. However, this analysis of average firm-level wages is incomplete along several dimensions. First, it cannot fully …

correlates; and (c) the link between TVA and teacher wages. Teachers are highly effective in our setting: Moving a student from … between TVA and wages in the public sector (although there is in the private sector), and a policy change that shifted public … hiring from permanent to temporary contracts, reducing wages by 35 percent, had no adverse impact on TVA, either immediately …

deals with the effects of openness to trade, foreign direct investment, and financial crises on average wages. Second, it … discusses the impact of exposure to world markets on the dispersion of wages by occupation, skill, and gender. Third, it …

declined and hourly wages changed little. But both the magnitude and nature of the adjustments varied considerably across …

market restrictions on wages and its spatial pattern. The empirical specification is derived from a general equilibrium model … that predicts that the adverse effects of land market restrictions on wages will be less in remote locations. For … sub-district. The results show that land restrictions reduce wages substantially, and this effect is smaller in remote …

differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity …-based determinations of wages. Special emphasis is given to the effects of human capital variables, such as education, experience, and … training on wages and productivity differentials. Higher education yields higher productivity. However, highly educated workers …