Wages are a major component of decent work, yet serious knowledge gaps remain in this increasingly important area. The … bargaining and in-work benefits, or the macroeconomic dimensions of wages. The report also contains a rich statistical appendix … wages -- 1 The global economic context: Crisis, recession and employment -- 1.1 Economic growth rates vary widely by region …

. During the second period, there was more scope for firm-specific factors to affect wages. We find a remarkable compression of … wages across the distribution in the first period, but in the second period, wage growth was quite uniform across the …

This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985- 2016. The deep recession in the …