impact of automation on local labor markets in Brazil are estimated using a shift-share approach. Local labor market …

This paper studies the unintended long-run effects of a permanent agricultural shock led by agro-terrorism in Brazil on … important cocoa production region until 1989, the southeast of Bahia state in the northeast of Brazil. Although the introduction …

This paper analyses the relationship between household cost of living and wages in the Brazilian metropolitan regions … and Azzoni, 2013), we tested if the elasticity between wages and living cost is unitary. In other words, if workers who … live in the most expensive regions receive a full compensation through wages for living costs differences. We used micro …

Hintergrund erklärt werden kann. Auf dem Arbeitsmarkt können Migranten ihren Bildungsnachteil nicht ausgleichen und haben größere …

This paper uses individual data on employment and wages to shed light on the UK's productivity puzzle. It finds that … workforce composition cannot explain the reduction in wages and hence productivity that we observe; instead, real wages have … lower capital-labour ratio. We cannot tell whether productivity is driving wages or vice versa, but understanding why wages …