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Changes in China's wage structure
Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao - 2012
Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure … the major forces behind the evolving wage structure in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282141
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Changes in China's wage structure
Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao - 2012
Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure … the major forces behind the evolving wage structure in China. -- wage growth ; wage premium ; capital accumulation ; trade … expansion ; technological change ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536495
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Changes in China's Wage Structure
Ge, Suqin - 2012
Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure … the major forces behind the evolving wage structure in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107207
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Demand Effects of Gender Inequality in Wages and Female Bargaining Power
Badru, Ruth - 2020
This paper examines the influence of gender inequality in the determination of effective demand in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia.Focusing on consumption as a pathway to growth, the simple Keynesian construction of consumption behaviour is extended by introducing differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012850190
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Is there a policy of optimal wage and income differentiation? : A macroeconomic perspective
Sell, Friedrich L. - 2000
In this paper, we address the question of optimal wage and income dispersion in a growing economy. If already in the two-persons-case we have to deal with the fact of different marginal products of labor, there are two solutions in principle. Either two different wages are paid (at unanimous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001473937
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Is there a policy of optimal wage and income differentiation? : a macroeconomic perspective
Sell, Friedrich L. - 2000
In this paper, we address the question of optimal wage and income dispersion in a growing economy. If already in the two-persons-case we have to deal with the fact of different marginal products of labor, there are two solutions in principle. Either two different wages are paid (at unanimous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010508245
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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development: Evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; … - 2017
This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that landed elites may block technological change and economic development if they fear that they will lose future political power (Acemoglu and Robinson (2002, 2006, and 2012). It exploits a plausible exogenous change in the distribution of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917048
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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development : evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - 2017 - This version: June 16, 2017
We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667675
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Capital Accumulation, Trade Liberalization and Rising Wage Inequality: The Case of Argentina
Gasparini, Leonardo; Acosta, Pablo - 2004
Capital accumulation can modify the relative productivity between skilled and unskilled workers, thus leading to changes in the wage structure. In particular, if capital goods are relatively more complementary to skilled workers in the production function (skill-biased technologies), a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941060
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Capital Accumulation, Trade Liberalization and Rising Wage Inequality: The Case of Argentina
Gasparini, Leonardo; Acosta, Pablo - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional … - 2004
Capital accumulation can modify the relative productivity between skilled and unskilled workers, thus leading to changes in the wage structure. In particular, if capital goods are relatively more complementary to skilled workers in the production function (skill-biased technologies), a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022024