This paper discusses the occurrence of Skill-Enhancing Technology Import (SETI), namelythe relationship between imports of embodied technology and widening skill-basedemployment differentials in a sample of low and middle income countries (LMICs)...

Derzeit herrscht eine rege sozialpolitische Diskussion über die Frage, ob auchin Deutschland ein gesetzlicher Mindestlohn eingeführt werden sollte. Dievorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der These „Der Mindestlohn muss her,weil man von Arbeit leben können muss“.Die angespannte Lage...

We estimate the wage penalty associated with working in the South African informal sector.To this end we use a rich data set on non-self employed males that allows one to accuratelydistinguish workers employed in the informal sector from those employed in the formal sectorand link individuals...

In this paper we use a very large matched database on firms and employees to analyze theuse of temporary agencies by low earners, and to estimate the impact of temp employmenton subsequent employment outcomes for these workers...

Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the BritishHousehold Panel Survey we examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration inGreat Britain...