This study examines an initiative by a large multinational garment retailer (H&M Group) to increase wages at its …

or for average wages. These findings are robust to controlling for a variety of firm characteristics. …

between trade and wages are addressed through the use of a gravity-based sector-level instrument. We find no evidence …

the wages of different skill groups in a broad global context. The analysis draws on input-output data from the WIOD … offshoring on wages mainly concerns low and medium skilled workers. However, in terms of magnitude, the downward pressure on … domestic wages exhibited by offshoring to LWC is relatively small. LWC (Low wage countries) classifications employed in this …

This paper explores the impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing employment and wages over a period 1993-2006, a … increase in wages in manufacturing industries though the role of export orientation in influencing poor wages has not been …

We look at the effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages over the course of … the agricultural production cycle. We show theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the planting … stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can exacerbate the negative impact of adverse weather on harvest-stage wages …