The author looks at wage trends 1968-78, hired labour's share in output, the structure and level of wages, employment and trends concerning employment and income in the rice agriculture of Java, and of other parts of Indonesia. Real wage bill per hectare has stagnated over the period 1971-78....

Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine the role of market forces (demand and supply of labour by skill), institutional factors (minimum wages and unionization rate), and public policy (cash transfers) in explaining changes in inequality. We...

The relationship between firms and inequality has been a focus of recent attention globally. This chapter summarizes basic facts about this relationship for Latin America. Unlike advanced economies where superstar firm growth has prompted concerns over disproportionate income growth at the top,...