Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply …

structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and behavior, the determination of wages, technology, and social … of the relevance of the theory and analysis to developing economies. …

and regional unemployment, I use economist Albert Hirschman’s theory of exit, voice and loyalty to see if “voice … child, pay higher wages, and serve a higher percentage of state-subsidized children. How does “voice” differ in nature and … controlling for wages. Programs with more voice aspects have less teacher turnover. …

Trade unions and gender discrimination are generally considered as sources of labor market imperfections. My … relationship between union coverage and work-related injuries. Trade unions play a central role in establishing a safe work place …. Unions provide protection against dismissal without just cause and may favor the assignment of an injured worker to a …

human capital acquisition to relative increases in low-skill wages. We measure the expected returns to schooling using skill …-specifi c wages bargained in collective agreements at the province-industry level. We argue that those wages are easily …% increase in the ratio of wages of unskilled workers to the wages of mid-skill workers increases the fraction of males …

article addresses the difficulties of unequivocally identifying a control group comparable to workers whose wages are at the …

wage rigidity translated into higher wage growth mainly among workers with near-floor wages. Consequently, these workers …