This empirical paper examines an impact of materials and services outsourcing on labour costs in two groups: industrial and construction enterprises, and services enterprises in Poland in the period 2005-2013. The analysis of this dependence was based on data of Central Statistical Office...

Several studies have highlighted that African manufacturing wages are higher than comparator countries at similar levels of development, which contributes to the continent's lower levels of manufacturing competitiveness. This paper derives unit labor costs - average wages relative to...

Die sektorale Lohndifferenzierung im verarbeitenden Gewerbe hat in den berücksichtigten zentraleuropäischen Ländern in den letzten zehn Jahren zugenommen. Die in den betrachteten EU-Beitrittsländern geschaffenen Arbeitsplätze fallen in erster Linie in die Kategorie arbeitsintensive Branchen...

This paper examines the role of exchange rate appreciation and the minimum wage in the relative decline of traditional sectors in Israel. It finds little evidence to indicate that real exchange rate appreciation is primarily responsible for this decline. Rather, the evidence indicates that...

Spanish Abstract: El artículo busca establecer la relación entre la política pública relacionada con la industria, formulada desde finales de los años 80 en Colombia y las consecuencias que tuvo tanto sobre la configuración productiva como sobre el mundo del trabajo en el sector. Los...