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-induced productivity increases at the firm level, which get passed on to industry wages. Since tariff reductions were proportionately …
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, and for unskilled labor. The former result contradicts union claims that wages had little relevance for east German job …
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wage, and align public sector compensation to private wages in low-skilled professions …
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Nominal wage growth in most advanced economies remains markedly lower than it was before the Great Recession of 2008-09. This paper finds that the bulk of the wage slowdown is accounted for by labor market slack, inflation expectations, and trend productivity growth. In particular, there appears...
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reinforced and complemented at the micro-economic level. Lower regional unemployment puts an upward pressure on wages of … individuals, although this effect has become weaker since 2008. But there is downward pressure on wages for individuals with …
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German wages have not increased very rapidly in the last decade despite strong employment growth and a 5 percentage …
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This paper assesses whether the scaling up of aid and the resulting increase in government spending that is needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would be hampered by wage bill ceilings that are often part of government programs supported by the IMF''s Poverty Reduction and...
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This paper empirically examines the effect on wages in Mexico of Mexican emigration to the United States, using data … and positive effect on Mexican wages. There is also evidence for increasing wage inequality in Mexico due to emigration …
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, an increase in government wages or benefits reduces private sector employment, and government employment is not an …
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real cash balances on impact and exerts an expansionary effect on output, despite an increase in real wages …
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