Differences And Changes In Wage Structures

Author : Richard B. Freeman,Lawrence F. Katz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226261843

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Differences and Changes in Wage Structures by Richard B. Freeman,Lawrence F. Katz Pdf

During the past two decades, wages of skilled workers in the United States rose while those of unskilled workers fell; less-educated young men in particular have suffered unprecedented losses in real earnings. These twelve original essays explore whether this trend is unique to the United States or is part of a general growth in inequality in advanced countries. Focusing on labor market institutions and the supply and demand forces that affect wages, the papers compare patterns of earnings inequality and pay differentials in the United States, Australia, Korea, Japan, Western Europe, and the changing economies of Eastern Europe. Cross-country studies examine issues such as managerial compensation, gender differences in earnings, and the relationship of pay to regional unemployment. From this rich store of data, the contributors attribute changes in relative wages and unemployment among countries both to differences in labor market institutions and training and education systems, and to long-term shifts in supply and demand for skilled workers. These shifts are driven in part by skill-biased technological change and the growing internationalization of advanced industrial economies.

Author : Edward P. Lazear,Kathryn L. Shaw
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226470511

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The Structure of Wages by Edward P. Lazear,Kathryn L. Shaw Pdf

The distribution of income, the rate of pay raises, and the mobility of employees is crucial to understanding labor economics. Although research abounds on the distribution of wages across individuals in the economy, wage differentials within firms remain a mystery to economists. The first effort to examine linked employer-employee data across countries, The Structure of Wages:An International Comparison analyzes labor trends and their institutional background in the United States and eight European countries. A distinguished team of contributors reveal how a rising wage variance rewards star employees at a higher rate than ever before, how talent becomes concentrated in a few firms over time, and how outside market conditions affect wages in the twenty-first century. From a comparative perspective that examines wage and income differences within and between countries such as Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands, this volume will be required reading for economists and those working in industrial organization.

Author : David Edward Card,Francis Kramarz,Thomas Lemieux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Diferencias salariales - Estados Unidos
ISBN : OCLC:40455224

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Changes in the Relative Structure of Wages and Employment by David Edward Card,Francis Kramarz,Thomas Lemieux Pdf

Author : Eswar Prasad
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822028605111

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The Unbearable Stability of the German Wage Structure by Eswar Prasad Pdf

The objective of this paper is to document the evolution of the German wage structure over the period 1984-97. The paper also investigates the roles of various factors that could have influenced patterns of changes in the wage structure. While a documentation of the evolution of the wage structure in Germany is interesting in its own right, the analysis in this paper, by facilitating comparisons with changes in the wage structures of other industrial countries, could potentially provide important clues to understanding the poor functioning of the German labor market in recent years. In particular, the analysis sheds light on the reasons behind and possible solutions for a particularly troubling problem, the high and rising rate of nonemployment among low-skilled workers.

Author : Randall E. Eberts,Erica L. Groshen,Lee Hoskins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315488561

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Structural Changes in U.S. Labour Markets: Causes and Consequences by Randall E. Eberts,Erica L. Groshen,Lee Hoskins Pdf

During much of the 1980s, US wage growth has been unexpectedly slow in the face of relatively low unemployment rates and high capacity utilization rates. This collection of papers resulting from the Wage Structure Conference held by the Federal Research Bank of Cleveland, November 1989, helps explain labour market behaviour in that period. The contributors - academic and research economists in labour economics - provide a comprehensive assessment of the current state of the wage-setting process in the US labour market.

Author : Lloyd George Reynolds,Cynthia Taft Morris
Publisher : New Haven : Yale University Press, 1956 [c1955]
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015031351102

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The Evolution of Wage Structure by Lloyd George Reynolds,Cynthia Taft Morris Pdf

Author : John Thomas Dunlop,Melvin Rothbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Wages
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120790360

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International Comparisons of Wage Structures by John Thomas Dunlop,Melvin Rothbaum Pdf

Author : Frank C. Pierson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520349162

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Community Wage Patterns by Frank C. Pierson Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D00276030W

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High-wage Jobs in a Competitive Global Economy by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee Pdf

Author : Toshiaki Tachibanaki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349262816

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Wage Differentials: An International Comparison by Toshiaki Tachibanaki Pdf

Wages are a vital economic variable in their influence on employment and unemployment and as the main source of personal income, affecting both living standards and labour incentives. Wage determination is studied here in an international perspective, using a common theoretical framework and statistical method through the individual country chapters to reveal similarities and differences between Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

Author : Marvin H. Kosters
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041398871

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Workers and Their Wages by Marvin H. Kosters Pdf

Comprises essays which describe and analyse the major changes in wage relationships between 1963 and the 1980s. Notes the increase in wage differentials for workers with different levels of schooling as the most pervasive change.

Author : Edward P. Lazear
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Labor market
ISBN : PSU:000062644785

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Wage Structure, Raises and Mobility by Edward P. Lazear Pdf

The returns to talent or performance have grown over time in developed countries. Is talent concentrated in a few firms or are firms virtual microcosms of the economy, each having close to identical distributions of talent? The data show that talent is not concentrated in a few companies, but is widely dispersed across companies. Wage dispersion within firms is nearly as high as the wage dispersion overall. The standard deviation of wages within the firm is about 80% of the standard deviation across all workers in the economy. Firms are more similar than they are dissimilar, but they are not identical: the firm mean wage displays considerable dispersion across the population of firms. There is evidence that talent is becoming more concentrated over time within some firms relative to others. In four countries that estimated wage regressions with firm fixed effects, the firm fixed effects are contributing more to the R-squared of the wage regression over time. Law firms have more lawyers than janitors. Janitorial firms have more janitors than lawyers and the differences between firms have become more pronounced. Still, the variance of wages within the average firms remains high.

Author : David Edward Card,Thomas Lemieux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : African Americans
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066847652

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Changing Wage Structure and Black-white Wage Differentials by David Edward Card,Thomas Lemieux Pdf

Author : Robert Leonard Raimon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Wage payment systems
ISBN : CORNELL:31924000653133

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Comparative Wages, Occupational Wage Differences, and Wage Determination by Robert Leonard Raimon Pdf

Author : Christina Jonung,Inga Persson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134750863

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Women's Work and Wages by Christina Jonung,Inga Persson Pdf

At a time when women in industrialized countries have a stronger and more permanent presence in the labour market than ever before, why does the gender pay gap differ so greatly between countries? The contributors to this book use empirical studies of gender differences in family responsibilities and time allocation to demonstrate how such differences affect women's wages and analyse pay structures and wage mobility throughout Europe.