Empirical work in labour economics has focused on rent sharing as an explanation for the observed correlation in cross-sections between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers and employers has not been tested. Using a unique panel data set for four...

Empirical work in labor economics has focused on rent sharing as an explanation for the observed correlation between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers and employers has not been tested. Using a unique panel data set for four African countries,...

Empirical work in labour economics has focused on rent sharing as an explanation for the observed correlation in cross-sections between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers and employers has not been tested. Using a unique panel data set for four...

Die Welt besteht, ökonomisch gesehen, aus einem Kuchen mit sechs Stücken. Das erste Sechstel lebt im Wohlstand und - ganz überwiegend - im Westen. Das zweite bis fünfte Sechstel sind jene Entwicklungsländer, mit denen es bei allen Unterschieden langsam, aber stetig aufwärts geht. Das...