labor, wages were increasing disproportionately both for low- and highskilled labor whereas employment trends were favoring … institutions were holding up relative wages of low-skilled labor which accounts for the disproportionate increase of unemployment …

first six waves of the British Household Panel Survey. We show that much of the residual variation in wages can be explained … of our findings is that wages are determined principally by individual characteristics - as human capital theory …

and other establishments from 1997 to 2001. While theory provides alternative explanations for higher or lower wages in … newly founded firms, we show empirically that start-ups tend to pay lower wages, ceteris paribus. On average, wages in newly …

wages of less skilled natives and a small positive effecton the wages of high skilledworkers as new immigrants are less …

development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …

differential in Brazilian and U.S. manufacturing coincides, and is considerably smaller than in France. Estimates are unaffected by … those of France. Worker characteristics have comparable explanatory power for manufacturing wage variability in the three …

satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages and higher job satisfaction. We argue that this … contracts, but not of their French counterparts. In France, such rents are found in full-time, rather than part-time jobs. Hence …. However, they do suggest that part-time employment is involuntary to a far greater extent in France than in Great Britain. …

comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages … productive services firms that pay higher wages. The surprising finding of self-selection of less profitable German business …