Our final article looks at the difference in wages between high-skill workers (such as those who might work in biotech … have invested in new technologies, demand for workers who can use them has surged. In "Widening the Wage Gap: The Skill … to be the key to the widening wage gap. …

quantitative implications for the evolution of the U.S. wage distribution from 1970 to 2000. A key feature of the model is that … individuals differ in their ability to accumulate human capital, which is the main source of wage inequality in this model. We … several important trends observed in the US data, including the rise in overall wage inequality; the fall and subsequent rise …

initial heterogeneity in wages and preferences. Equilibrium allocations and variances and covariances of wages, hours and … wages and hours, and cross-sectional data on consumption. The model is estimated on US data. Second moments involving hours … and consumption show that the rise in wage dispersion in the 1970s was effectively insured by households, while the rise …

, is to characterize the reservation wage behavior of the couple and compare it to the single-agent search model in order … to understand the ramifications of partnerships for individual labor market outcomes and wage dynamics. We focus on two …

exist across immigrant/ethnic groups and genders. British born ethnic minorities appear to have slightly higher wages than … were attributed white native characteristics, their wages would be considerably lower. The substantial employment gap …

Immigration to the UK has risen over time. Existing studies of the impact of immigration on the wages of native …) have shown that changes in the relative supply of educated natives do seem to have measurable effects on the wage structure … immigration reduces the wages of immigrants relative to natives. We show this using a pooled time series of British cross …

In this paper we document a strong positive correlation of immigration flows with changes in average wages and average … compatible with a causal interpretation from immigration to wages and rents of natives. Separating the effects of immigrants on … natives of different schooling levels we find positive effects on the wages and rents of highly educated and small effects on …