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Welfare Reform, Work and Wages: A Summary of the US Experience
Grogger, Jeffrey; Karoly, Lynn A. - In: CESifo DICE Report 3 (2005) 2, pp. 08-12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056458
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Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality; Evidence From India
Mishra, Prachi; Kumar, Utsav - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
-induced productivity increases at the firm level, which get passed on to industry wages. Since tariff reductions were proportionately …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825907
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How Has the Globalization of Labor Affected the Labor Income Share in Advanced Countries?
Jaumotte, Florence; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Labor markets around the world have become increasingly integrated over the last two decades, with the entry of China, India and the former Eastern bloc into the world trading system, the removal of restrictions on trade and capital flows, and rapid technological progress. At the same time, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768889
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Foreign ownership and effects on employment and wages: The case of Sweden
Brännlund, Runar; Nordström, Jonas; Svedin, Dick - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2004
effect on employment, whereas the effect on wages is significantly positive. …
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Initial offers and outcomes in wage bargaining: who wins?
Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; Garcia, Jaume - In: Empirical Economics 39 (2010) 3, pp. 815-846
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Wages, Profits, and Rent-Sharing in an Open Economy
Bivens, L. Josh - In: International Review of Applied Economics 20 (2006) 1, pp. 69-83
This paper examines the link between international trade and labor market bargaining power. It reviews simple theories of rent-sharing in closed and open economies. Earlier studies on the issue of rent-sharing implicitly assume a closed economy. This assumption may provide some misleading...
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A Shrinking Slice of the Pie: The Labour Income Share in Australia
Cowgill, Matt - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The ‘wages breakout’ has been a recurring theme in the Australian public policy debate in recent years. Political … conservatives, media commentators and some business groups have warned that Australian wages growth is unsustainable, or threatens …. This paper shows that Australia has experienced the opposite of a ‘wages breakout’ since 2000. Over this period Australian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257869
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Who is Reaping the Gains from Globalisation? – The Role of Labour Market Flexibility
Seidel, Tobias - In: CESifo DICE Report 3 (2005) 1, pp. 54-59
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037336
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A critique of emergency management policy: recommendations to reduce disaster vulnerability
McEntire, David A. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 3 (2008) 5/6, pp. 302-312
profession in the USA. This paper evaluates the founding principles upon which this profession was based in the 1980s. It then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670257
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Board structure: an empirical study of firms in Anglo-American governance environments
Muller-Kahle, M.I.; Wang, Liu; Wu, Jun - In: Managerial Finance 40 (2014), pp. 681-699
associated with firm value in the USA. Social implications - The paper finds strong support for resource dependence theory in the … UK but limited support for agency theory in the USA. Originality/value -This paper takes a multi-country approach to … theories. Design/methodology/approach -Using a sample of firms in the USA and the UK from 2000 to 2007, the paper conducts a …
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