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Minimum Wages

, 2020
The debate regarding the effects of minimum wages was invigorated in the US when, during the 1980s, states began setting minimum wages higher than the federal level.

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Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality*

, 2020
The earnings difference between white and black workers fell dramatically in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This article shows that the expansion of the minimum wage played a critical role in this decline.
Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux
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RETHINKING THE EFFECT OF IMMIGRATION ON WAGES

World Scientific Studies in International Economics, 2012
This paper asks the following question: what was the effect of surging immigration on average and individual wages of U.S.-born workers during the period 1990-2004? We emphasize the need for a general equilibrium approach to analyze this problem.
G. Ottaviano, G. Peri
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The Effect of Unemployment Benefits and Nonemployment Durations on Wages

, 2016
We estimate that unemployment insurance (UI ) extensions reduce reemployment wages using sharp age discontinuities in UI eligibility in Germany. We show this effect combines two key policy parameters: the effect of UI on reservation wages and the effect ...
Johannes F. Schmieder, Till M. von Wachter, S. Bender   +2 more
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‘Real’ Wages? Contractors, Workers, and Pay in London Building Trades, 1650–1800

, 2018
Existing series suggest wages in London were higher than in other European cities from 1650 to 1800. This article presents new evidence from the construction sites that supplied the underlying wage data, and uncovers the contractual and organizational ...
J. Stephenson
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EFFICIENCY WAGES AND THE INTER-INDUSTRY WAGE STRUCTURE

, 1988
This paper uses cross-sectional and longitudinal data to examine differences in pay for equally-skilled workers in different ind ustries. The major finding is that there is substantial dispersion in wages across industries, even after allowing for ...
A. Krueger, L. Summers
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Protection and Real Wages

, 1941
to capital in the production ...
W. Stolper, P. Samuelson
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Consider This: Training, Wages, and the Enforceability of Covenants Not to Compete

ILR Review, 2015
Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the author examines the effect of noncompete enforceability on employee training and wages.
Evan Starr
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The great divergence in European wages and prices

, 2001
This paper traces the history of prices and wages in European cities from the fourteenth century to the First World War. It is shown that the divergence in real incomes observed in the mid-nineteenth century was produced between 1500 and 1750 as incomes ...
R. Allen
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The Effects of Health, Wealth, and Wages on Labour Supply and Retirement Behaviour

, 2005
This paper analyzes the effects of wages and the Social Security System on labor supply over the life cycle. I present a model of labor supply and retirement behavior that includes a saving decision, uncertainty, and a non-negativity constraint on assets.
Eric French
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