knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with … bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than set … employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase them in rich …

insurance (UI) on reemployment wages. This paper estimates a positive UI wage effect exploiting an age-based regression … balance between two offsetting forces: UI causes agents to seek higher-wage jobs, but also reduces wages by lengthening … both in our sample and across studies, reconciling disparate wage-effect estimates. Empirically, UI raises wages by …

improves work conditions in small and medium enterprises in Vietnam. Certified firms pay higher wages on average. They are also …

the quality of the work found by the unemployed. This quality rise, in terms of both wages and duration, can be achieved …

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …

wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm's scale, with potentially positive effects on … employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small …