NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Differences and Changes in Wage Structures

Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz, Editors

Conference held July 12-24, 1992
Published in January 1995 by University of Chicago Press
© 1995 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
in NBER Book Series Comparative Labor Markets

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471 pages
ISBN: 0-226-26160-3

Table of Contents

1. Front matter, Differences and Changes in Wage Structures: Richard B. Freeman, Lawrence F. Katz (p. -12 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Introduction and Summary: Richard B. Freeman, Lawrence F. Katz (p. 1 - 22) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. I Cross-Country Studies: (p. 23 - 24) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages in Four OECD Countries: Lawrence F. Katz, Gary W. Loveman, David G. Blanchflower (p. 25 - 66) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. International Differences in Executive and Managerial Compensation: John M. Abowd, Michael Bognanno (p. 67 - 104) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. The Gender Earnings Gap: Some International Evidence: Francine D. Blau, Lawrence Kahn (p. 105 - 144) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. International Wage Curves: David G. Blanchflower, Andrew Oswald (p. 145 - 174) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. II Individual Country Studies: (p. 175 - 176) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. The Changing Structure of Male Earnings in Britain, 1974-1988: John Schmitt (p. 177 - 204) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Real Wages, Employment, and Wage Dispersion in U.S. and Australian Labor Markets : Robert Gregory, Francis G. Vella (p. 205 - 226) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Labor Markets and Economic Growth: Lessons from Korea’s Industrialization, 1970-1990 : Dae-II Kim, Robert H. Topel (p. 227 - 264) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Wage Differentials in Italy: Market Forces, Institutions, and Inflation: Christopher Erickson, Andrea Ichino (p. 265 - 306) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. The Swedish Wage Structure: The Rise and Fall of Solidarity Wage Policy?: Per-Anders Edin, Bertil Holmlund (p. 307 - 344) (bibliographic info) (download)

14. Getting Together and Breaking Apart: The Decline of Centralized Collective Bargaining : Richard B. Freeman, Robert S. Gibbons (p. 345 - 370) (bibliographic info) (download)

15. Earnings Inequality in Germany: Katharine G. Abraham, Susan Houseman (p. 371 - 404) (bibliographic info) (download)

16. A Comparative Analysis of East and West German Labor Markets: Before and After Unification: Alan B. Krueger, Jorn-Steffen Pischke (p. 405 - 446) (bibliographic info) (download)

17. Contributors: (p. 447 - 448) (bibliographic info) (download)

18. Author Index: (p. 449 - 454) (bibliographic info) (download)

19. Subject Index: (p. 455 - 461) (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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