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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Yazar: Mourmouras, Alex
Diğer Yazarlar: Rangazas, Peter
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/105
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF