LEADER 04734nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910825260703321 005 20240418125027.0 010 $a1-281-22343-3 010 $a9786611223434 010 $a0-226-26184-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226261843 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399176 035 $a(EBL)408236 035 $a(OCoLC)437247586 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000138826 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154865 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138826 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10105369 035 $a(PQKB)11453280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408236 035 $a(DE-B1597)535592 035 $a(OCoLC)781253330 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226261843 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10216980 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL122343 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399176 100 $a19950308d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDifferences and changes in wage structures$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (474 p.) 225 1 $aNBER Comparative labor markets series 300 $a"Papers ... presented at conferences held at the Center for Economic Performance (CEP) of the London School of Economics and at the NBER"--Pref. 311 0 $a0-226-26160-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction and Summary --$t1. A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages in Four OECD Countries --$t2. International Differences in Executive and Managerial Compensation --$t3. The Gender Earnings Gap: Some International Evidence --$t4. International Wage Curves --$t5. The Changing Structure of Male Earnings in Britain, 1974-1988 --$t6. Real Wages, Employment, and Wage Dispersion in U.S. and Australian Labor Markets --$t7. Labor Markets and Economic Growth: Lessons from Korea's Industrialization, 1970-1990 --$t8. Wage Differentials in Italy: Market Forces, Institutions, and Inflation --$t9. The Swedish Wage Structure: The Rise and Fall of Solidarity Wage Policy? --$t10. Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralized Collective Bargaining --$t11. Earnings Inequality in Germany --$t12. A Comparative Analysis of East and West German Labor Markets: Before and After Unification --$tContributors --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aDuring the past two decades, wages of skilled workers in the United States rose while those of unskilled workers fell; less-educated young men in particular have suffered unprecedented losses in real earnings. These twelve original essays explore whether this trend is unique to the United States or is part of a general growth in inequality in advanced countries. Focusing on labor market institutions and the supply and demand forces that affect wages, the papers compare patterns of earnings inequality and pay differentials in the United States, Australia, Korea, Japan, Western Europe, and the changing economies of Eastern Europe. Cross-country studies examine issues such as managerial compensation, gender differences in earnings, and the relationship of pay to regional unemployment. From this rich store of data, the contributors attribute changes in relative wages and unemployment among countries both to differences in labor market institutions and training and education systems, and to long-term shifts in supply and demand for skilled workers. These shifts are driven in part by skill-biased technological change and the growing internationalization of advanced industrial economies. 410 0$aNBER Comparative labor markets series. 606 $aLabor costs$vCase studies$vCongresses 606 $aWages$vCase studies$vCongresses 610 $awages, wage structures, united states of america, usa, unskilled workers, labor, work, earnings, inequality, wealth gap, markets, institutions, australia, korea, japan, europe, international studies, unemployment, gender differences, managerial compensation, training, education, case study, employment, solidarity, germany, italy, great britain, sweden. 615 0$aLabor costs 615 0$aWages 676 $a331.2/1 676 $a331.21 676 $a331.2153 701 $aFreeman$b Richard B$g(Richard Barry),$f1943-$0118990 701 $aKatz$b Lawrence F$0119817 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825260703321 996 $aDifferences and changes in wage structures$94002777 997 $aUNINA