functions regressions. Dependent variables are logarithms of the mean sector wages considered for each case. Some statistical …

Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to … expectations about inflation and future growth. Migration plays a significant role to balance wages across regions and countries …

Motivated by recent debates on the possible role of wages as an income policy tool, in this study we examine the … dynamic inter-relationship between wages in Bulgaria, mainly in the context of its EU accession. Relative to the WDN studies … determinant of the other two wages. We demonstrate that minimum wage increases do not cause changes in average wages in either the …

Higher wages increase labor costs but improve the productivity of the labor force through several channels. If firms … take this into account and set their wages accordingly, the resulting wages may fail to adjust demand and supply but may … higher wages. All these phenomena are well established empirically. Efficiency wage theory provides an integrated explanation …

Motivated by recent debates on the possible role of wages as an income policy tool, in this study we examine the … dynamic inter-relationship between wages in Bulgaria, mainly in the context of its EU accession. Relative to the WDN studies … determinant of the other two wages. We demonstrate that minimum wage increases do not cause changes in average wages in either the …

Examines the evolution of the cyclicality of real wages and employment in four Latin American economies: Brazil, Chile …, Colombia and Mexico, during the period 1980-2010. Wages are highly pro-cyclical during the 1980s and early 1990s, a period … characterized by high inflation. As inflation declined wages became less pro-cyclical, a feature that is consistent with emerging …

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we identify the partial correlation between workplace wages … and the percentage of migrants employed at a workplace. We find wages are lower in workplaces employing a higher …

with lower hourly wages suffered substantial losses, while the low-wage sector expanded. Around 2010, these trends came to … behind. At the very least, this new pattern means that the gap between high and low wages is not getting wider. This … development is kind of surprising, as the labor market is shifting to higher-skilled jobs. Workers with higher hourly wages are …

Higher wages increase labor costs but improve the productivity of the labor force through several channels. If firms … take this into account and set their wages accordingly, the resulting wages may fail to adjust demand and supply but may … higher wages. All these phenomena are well established empirically. Efficiency wage theory provides an integrated explanation …