This study transforms the October Inquiry' Survey of wages conducted by the International Labour Organization into a … while rising markedly in countries moving from communism to free markets and in lower middle income countries. 2. Wages in …

account for individual differences in young adults' capacities to acquire such skills and be productive in the work force …

, changes in industry wages that hurt sectors with initially lower wages and a higher fraction of unskilled workers, and shifts … of the labor force towards the informal sector that typically pays lower wages and offers no benefits. Our results … industry wages, we find that wage premiums decreased by more in sectors that experienced larger tariff cuts. Finally, we find …

arrived in the 1950s and 1960s eventually surpassed the average native wage. Improvements in English language skills … for 73 to 95 percent. Changes in English skills and in other factors have played little role in this relative decline …. This analysis also finds a significant return to English skills. Even after controlling for education, region of origin …

implications of exchange rates, reporting that industry wages are significantly more responsive than industry employment. We offer … the main mechanism for exchange rate effects on wages occurs through job turnover and the strong consequences this has for … the wages of workers undergoing such job transitions. By contrast, workers who remain with the same employer experience …

intensive search for better employers and long-term wage contracting. All results are robust to an extensive sensitivity …

structure of trade and development. Using data on employment and wages for over seven million workers from sixteen Latin … with the skill premium at the industry level, a result that supports recent trade models linking exports with wages and the … demand for skills …