Wage Differentials An International Comparison

Author : Toshiaki Tachibanaki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,7 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 : Edward P. Lazear,Kathryn L. Shaw
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : Toshiaki Tachibanaki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1349262838

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Wage Differentials by Toshiaki Tachibanaki Pdf

Author : Francine D. Blau,Lawrence M. Kahn
Publisher : A E I Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019323653

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Wage Inequality by Francine D. Blau,Lawrence M. Kahn Pdf

Compares trends in wage inequalities in the USA and nine other industrialized countries in the middle to late 1980s. Concludes that wages are more unequal in the USA than they are in other advanced economies.

Author : John Thomas Dunlop,Melvin Rothbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 49,9 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 : Paul Chen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Wage differentials
ISBN : UCSD:31822023690563

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Efficiency Wages and Industry Wage Differentials by Paul Chen Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264900226

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The Role of Firms in Wage Inequality Policy Lessons from a Large Scale Cross-Country Study by OECD Pdf

Even though firms play a key role in shaping wages, wage inequality and the gender wage gap, firms have so far only featured to a limited extent in the policy debates around these issues. The evidence in this volume shows that around one third of overall wage inequality can be explained by gaps in pay between firms rather than differences in the level and returns to workers’ skills.

Author : Coen Teulings,Joop Hartog
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521590730

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Corporatism Or Competition? by Coen Teulings,Joop Hartog Pdf

The authors present important research showing that corporatist institutions generate smaller non-competitive wage differentials than a decentralized system. A theoretical explanation is developed based on the hold-up problem in investments, arguing that corporatist institutions solve the problem by specifying ex ante nominal contracts that remove the necessity of ex post bargaining over the surplus of an employment relationship. The authors also argue that such institutions allow sufficient flexibility to accommodate aggregate shocks, even more so than decentralized systems. Corporatism or Competition? is the first book to bring together the mass of research on comparative wage differences, wage movements and employment behaviour in different countries with different institutional frameworks, in an organized and coherent fashion.

Author : B. Mahy,R. Plasman,F. Rycx
Publisher : Springer
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230504028

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Gender Pay Differentials by B. Mahy,R. Plasman,F. Rycx Pdf

This book provides new evidence on the magnitude and sources of pay inequalities between women and men in European countries and New Zealand on the basis of micro data. Particular attention is devoted to job access and workplace practices, promotions and wage growth, sectoral affiliation and rent-sharing, and unobserved heterogeneity and dynamics.

Author : Gernot Kohler,Gernot Köhler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000095789230

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The Global Wage System by Gernot Kohler,Gernot Köhler Pdf

International wage differences are important at a time of globalisation; their social and economic consequences are vast, if not devastating. It is astonishing, therefore, that the origins, causes, and determinants of international wage differences are hardly ever discussed. According to a widely held half-truth, international wage differences reflect international productivity differences. This study challenges that belief and shows that international wage differences are due to a mixture of discrimination and various economic factors, just like wage differences between the sexes. The approach of this study is influenced by two strands of socio-economic analysis, namely, by world-system analysis and by the feminist. critique of gender wage differences. The central theme is discrimination versus productivity. Are international wage differences due to productivity differences or are they due to discrimination? The following issues are examined: Data on international wage differences; long-term changes of national wage rates; wage differences due to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and region; the relationship between wages and GDP per capita; and more.

Author : Alexis Panagides,Harry Anthony Patrinos
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Collective bargaining
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials in the Developing World by Alexis Panagides,Harry Anthony Patrinos Pdf

Overall, the union- nonunion wage gap is 10.4 percent. Unionized women and indigenous people earn more than their nonunion counterparts, and the collective bargaining strength of organized labor in the northern states is considerably weaker than elsewhere in the country.

Author : Richard B. Freeman,Lawrence F. Katz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 42,7 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 : Chadi Abdallah,David Coady,La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798400236853

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Public-Private Wage Differentials and Interactions Across Countries and Time by Chadi Abdallah,David Coady,La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul Pdf

Public-Private Wage Differentials and Interactions Across Countries and Time

Author : Per-Anders Edin,Johnny Zetterberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Wage differentials
ISBN : CORNELL:31924060532748

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Inter-industry Wage Differentials by Per-Anders Edin,Johnny Zetterberg Pdf

Author : Edwin Leuven,Hessel Oosterbeek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1375651101

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Explaining International Differences in Male Wage Inequality by Differences in Demand and Supply of Skill by Edwin Leuven,Hessel Oosterbeek Pdf

Wage differentials between skill groups are larger in the US than in most western European countries. Especially low skilled workers are relatively worse off in the US than elsewhere. A simple demand and supply explanation for this fact would be that relative net supply of low skilled workers in the US exceeds that of other countries. The study by Blau and Kahn (1996) rejects this explanation. The present paper shows that this rejection depends heavily on the measure of skill that has been used. Blau and Kahn measure a worker's skill level as a weighted average of his schooling level and experience. Using this measure for comparisons across countries assumes that years of schooling and experience mean the same in terms of skill in all countries. When we use a measure of skill that is arguably more fit for international comparisons we find reasonable support for a demand and supply explanation of differences in wage inequality. This findings survives a large number of sensitivity tests.