determine local wages and unemployment; when mobility between regions is obstructed by rent subsidies and controls, unemployment … regions wages respond predominantly). The hypothesis is tested on United Kingdom regional unemployment data from 1963 to 1979 …

A theoretical model of collective wage bargaining is developed in which unions set wages and employers decide …

wages, particularly for unskilled workers. Further reductions in non-tariff barriers produce a less well-determined effect … affect wages so markedly. …