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Wage Convergence

Wage Convergence is an economic phenomenon in which wage levels across distinct labor markets tend to equalize over time due to the free movement of labor, resulting from the balancing of supply and demand in the absence of restrictive barriers.

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146

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114

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2017–2026

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102

The Great Divergence in European Wages and Prices from the Middle Ages to the First World War

Robert C. Allen · Explorations in Economic History · 2001 · 1.2K citations

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Factor Price Convergence in the Late Nineteenth Century

Kevin O’Rourke, Alan M. Taylor, Jeffrey G. Williamson · International Economic Review · 1996 · 205 citations

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Does School Quality Explain the Recent Black/White Wage Trend?

Jeff Grogger · Journal of Labor Economics · 1996 · 196 citations

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Wage increases, wage convergence, and the Lewis turning point in China

Fang Cai, Yang Du · China Economic Review · 2011 · 179 citations

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Late Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Factor-Price Convergence: Were Heckscher and Ohlin Right?

Kevin O’Rourke, Jeffrey G. Williamson · The Journal of Economic History · 1994 · 179 citations

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Authors

146

  1. KO
    Kevin O’Rourke

    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    6 publications · 560 citations

    6

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  2. JG
    Jeffrey G. Williamson

    Harvard University, United States

    4 publications · 416 citations

    4

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  3. SP
    Svante Prado

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 publications · 98 citations

    4

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  4. GM
    Giordano Mion

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 147 citations

    3

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  5. TJ
    Timothy J. Hatton

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 163 citations

    3

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Institutions

114

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    170 citations

  2. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    251 citations

  3. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    207 citations

  4. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    212 citations

  5. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    354 citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    332 citations

  7. Centre for European Economic Research

    Mannheim, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    268 citations

  8. Nihon University

    Tokyo, Japan

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    354 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 10 publications · 314 citations

    10

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 8 publications · 354 citations

    8

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  3. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    6 publications · 234 citations

    6

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  4. Explorations in Economic History

    EEH · 4 publications · 1.4K citations

    4

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  5. The Journal of Economic History

    3 publications · 310 citations

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