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9780226261607

Differences and Changes in Wage Structures

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226261607

  • ISBN10:

    0226261603

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1995-10-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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During the past two decades, wages of skilled workers in the United States rose while those of unskilled workers fell; less-educated young men in particular have suffered unprecedented losses in real earnings. These twelve original essays explore whether this trend is unique to the United States or is part of a general growth in inequality in advanced countries. Focusing on labor market institutions and the supply and demand forces that affect wages, the papers compare patterns of earnings inequality and pay differentials in the United States, Australia, Korea, Japan, Western Europe, and the changing economies of Eastern Europe. Cross-country studies examine issues such as managerial compensation, gender differences in earnings, and the relationship of pay to regional unemployment. From this rich store of data, the contributors attribute changes in relative wages and unemployment among countries both to differences in labor market institutions and training and education systems, and to long-term shifts in supply and demand for skilled workers. These shifts are driven in part by skill-biased technological change and the growing internationalization of advanced industrial economies.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction and Summary
A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages in Four OECD Countries
International Differences in Executive and Managerial Compensation
The Gender Earnings Gap: Some International Evidence
International Wage Curves
The Changing Structure of Male Earnings in Britain, 1974-1988
Real Wages, Employment, and Wage Dispersion in U.S. and Australian Labor Markets
Labor Markets and Economic Growth: Lessons from Korea's Industrialization, 1970-1990
Wage Differentials in Italy: Market Forces, Institutions, and Inflation
The Swedish Wage Structure: The Rise and Fall of Solidarity Wage Policy?
Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralized Collective Bargaining
Earnings Inequality in Germany
A Comparative Analysis of East and West German Labor Markets: Before and After Unification
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
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