This paper addresses the effects of product market integration on wages. We develop a two-country general equilibrium … in wages, whereas a reduction in variable trade costs has an ambiguous effect on wages …

employment and wages in OECD countries. The general conclusion is that such factors as changes in labour supplies, technology and … wages. However, further studies are needed to understand better the employment and wage impact of foreign direct investment …

Germany for the period from 1970 until German reunification in 1990. Building on the emphasis of trade theory on relative … labor, wages were increasing disproportionately both for low- and highskilled labor whereas employment trends were favoring … institutions were holding up relative wages of low-skilled labor which accounts for the disproportionate increase of unemployment …

Economic growth in Europe and Asia and Latin America could have contri- buted in many different ways to lower wages and … price reductions twist the labor demand curve, dictating lower real wages for unskilled workers who reside in communities … with abundant unskilled labor but raising the wages for unskilled workers who are fortunate to live in communities …

Economic growth in Europe and Asia and Latin America could have contri- buted in many different ways to lower wages and … price reductions twist the labor demand curve, dictating lower real wages for unskilled workers who reside in communities … with abundant unskilled labor but raising the wages for unskilled workers who are fortunate to live in communities …