layer is very positively (negatively) correlated with value added. We then explore the changes in the wages and number of … expand substantially add layers and pay lower average wages in all pre-existing layers. In contrast, firms that expand little … and do not reorganize pay higher average wages in all pre-existing layers. …

determinants receive, at least in Germany. While wages are affected negatively by a relative increase in imports, immigration …

. Instrumental variables and quantile treatment effects estimates of the returns to an occupa- ional license indicate excess wages … acquisition that suggests that the wages of high-skilled immigrant physicians in the non-physician sector outweigh the lower …

-sharing due to search frictions implies that ‘good’ jobs which have higher creation costs must pay higher wages. This wage … number of good jobs. Minimum wages and unemployment insurance encourage workers to wait for higher wages, and therefore … composition of jobs improves considerably in response to higher minimum wages and more generous unemployment benefits. …

following arrival, wages of highly skilled immigrants grow at 8% a year. Rising prices of skills, occupational transitions … former Soviet Union to Israel, we find: Upon arrival, immigrants receive no return for imported skills. In the ten years …, accumulated experience in Israel and economy-wide rise in wages account for 3.4, 1.1, 1.5 and 1.4% each. In the long run, the …

Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new …