the quality of the work found by the unemployed. This quality rise, in terms of both wages and duration, can be achieved …

the quality of the work found by the unemployed. This quality rise, in terms of both wages and duration, can be achieved …

educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers’ wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less …

educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers’ wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less …

wages and productivity, a decline could indicate improvements for workers if it means that they are now better matched to …

Higher wages increase labor costs but also improve the productivity of the labor force in several ways. If firms take … this into account and set their wages accordingly, the resulting wages could fail to adjust demand and supply but may … higher wages. All these phenomena are quantitatively important and well-established empirically. Efficiency wage theory …