Evidence is presented in this paper which challenges the general applicability of the hypothesis that low wages are necessary or, in the very least, conducive to higher rates of manufacturing employment growth. An analysis of the Canadian censuses and other material for Quebec and Ontario for...

1. Free to choose or prisoner of market forces : an introduction to high wage growth -- 2. Introducing x-efficiency theory, rational inefficiency, and the political economy of the golden rule -- 3. A behavioral-institutional model of endogenous growth and induced technical change -- 4. Why...