Wage Gaps and Development : Lessons from U.S. History /

During the course of development, wages and labor productivity are much higher in the nonfarm sectors of the economy than in agriculture. In this paper, we examine the sources and consequences of wage and productivity gaps in the U.S. from 1800 to 2000. We build a quantitative general equilibrium mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mourmouras, Alex
Other Authors: Rangazas, Peter
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/105
Online Access:Full text available on IMF