Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using theefficiency wage model as the … mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urbaneconomy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to …

are inconsistent with observed residual wage dispersion. Weaddress this issue by modeling skill development and duration … and search on the job are the main drivers behind our model’s empiricalsuccess in replicating wage dispersion (residual …

Statistical Offices to look at the quality of thisproxy variable by investigating the link between the average wage in a firm and … new light on the role of highly qualified employees forsuccess on export markets that is not revealed by the average wage …

employment and wage practices of foreign and domestic firms in Brazil, using detailed matched firm-worker panel data... …

This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement …

focused on the wage effects that result from changes in theaggregate labour supply in a competitive labour market. We argue … that if labour markets arenot fully competitive, the use of immigrants may also affect wage formation at the … effect works at least partly through a general effect on the wage norm inthe firm of hiring employees with poor outside …

plants that start to export. We show that the exporter wage premium does already exist in the years before firms start to …

This paper empirically establishes the effect of the employer's term of notice on the wage level of employees. The term …