as part-time status and gender on both productivity and wages in English firms. We also investigate how productivity … returns follows from part-timers, who tend to work for firms that pay too low wages for the observed productivity differences …. Second, we study the effect of local skills on productivity controlling for skills at the firm. We find a positive and robust …

female wages rose almost unabated from 1890 to the early-1990s in the United States (with the exception of about 1940 …

female wages rose almost unabated from 1890 to the early-1990s in the United States (with the exception of about 1940 …

have occurred due to changes in factor prices: a large fall in real wages and increases in the cost of capital. In previous … recessions real wages did not fall, but reforms to union strength and welfare have made wages more sensitive to negative demand … misallocation. The fall in labour productivity is therefore likely to reverse if demand improves - e.g. through stronger monetary or …

proportion of ethnic minorities at their workplace. Secondly, white employees? wages should also increase with the concentration …

trends in wellbeing.  If the rise in wages that followed the Black Death enticed female servants to delay marriage, it …

gap is due to lowwage women becoming more likely to receive their wages in full than low-wage men in 2000. Furthermore …, the wage gap is stable for those who consistently receive full wages. …

and trends in wellbeing. If the rise in wages that followed the Black Death enticed female servants to delay marriage, it …