Essays about: "wage convergence"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words wage convergence.

  1. 6. Economic Growth and Provincial Market Integration in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kawing Leung; [2012]
    Keywords : China; provinces; wages; prices; sigma convergence; beta convergence; correlation coefficient; market integration; economic growth; inequality; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this paper, using Chinese provincial sector data, I examine the market integration between provinces in China both in wages and different prices of commodity. I use the beta convergence, sigma convergence and the correlation coefficient to determine the degree of market integration and analyze how the wages and prices have differed over time for the period 1986 to 2011. READ MORE

  3. 7. Wage Convergence : The case of Mexico and the United States of America as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement

    University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Saloni Deva; Tobias Sondefors; [2008]
    Keywords : Wage convergence; the North American Free Trade Agreement; Foreign Direct Investment;

    Abstract : As discussed in the factor-price equalization theorem, prices, and thus wages, tend to equalize as a result of trade between two countries. The focus of this thesis is to perform a time series regression in order to evaluate whether wage convergence has taken place between Mexico and the United Sates of America due to the establishment of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Effect of EU Accession on Regional Income: Empirical Evidence from the Eastern Enlargement of the EU

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Petter Ågren; [2006]
    Keywords : EU accession; region; income; Eastern enlargement; wage equalisation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the wage levels of the new EU members in Central and Eastern Europe have been affected by key steps in the early EU accession process and to assess whether wage convergence is likely to take place in the near future. The key steps of EU accession investigated are the 1996 Two Echelon Summit, the 1997 Luxembourg Summit and the 1999 Helsinki Summit. READ MORE