Differences and changes in wage structures / edited by Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-

Katz, Lawrence F.

Series:

NBER Comparative labor markets series.

NBER Comparative labor markets series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor costs--Case studies--Congresses.

Labor costs.

Wages--Case studies--Congresses.

Wages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction and Summary

1. A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages in Four OECD Countries

2. International Differences in Executive and Managerial Compensation

3. The Gender Earnings Gap: Some International Evidence

4. International Wage Curves

5. The Changing Structure of Male Earnings in Britain, 1974-1988

6. Real Wages, Employment, and Wage Dispersion in U.S. and Australian Labor Markets

7. Labor Markets and Economic Growth: Lessons from Korea's Industrialization, 1970-1990

8. Wage Differentials in Italy: Market Forces, Institutions, and Inflation

9. The Swedish Wage Structure: The Rise and Fall of Solidarity Wage Policy?

10. Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralized Collective Bargaining

11. Earnings Inequality in Germany

12. A Comparative Analysis of East and West German Labor Markets: Before and After Unification

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

"Papers ... presented at conferences held at the Center for Economic Performance (CEP) of the London School of Economics and at the NBER"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611223434

9781281223432

1281223433

9780226261843

0226261840

OCLC:

437247586