Effort, Wages, and the International Division of Labor

Maximum Entropy for the International Division of Labor

As a result of the international division of labor, the trade value distribution on different products substantiated by international trade flows can be regarded as one country's strategy for competition. According to the empirical data of trade flows, countries may spend a large fraction of export values on ubiquitous and competitive products. Meanwhile, countries may also diversify their expo...

International Division of Labor and Global Economic Processes: An Analysis of the International Trade in Automobiles

Emotional Labor and Wages 1 RUNNING HEAD : EMOTIONAL LABOR AND WAGES

The concept of emotional labor demands and their effects on workers has received considerable attention in recent years, with most studies concentrating on stress, burnout, satisfaction, or other affective outcomes. This study extends the literature by examining the relationship between emotional labor demands and wages at the occupational level by incorporating data on generalized work activit...

The Relationship of Gender Role Attitude and Division of Household labor with Couples' Perceived justice

Background & aim: Given the advancements in science, technology, and cultural globalization, Iranian families has changed in several aspects affecting individual’s perception of justice in division of household labor. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the correlation of gender role attitude and household labor division with perceived justice in couples. Methods: The present correlational study w...

Minimum Wages and Excessive Effort Supply

It is well-known that, in static models, minimum wages generate positive worker rents and, consequently, inefficiently low effort. We show that this result does not necessarily extend to a dynamic context. The reason is that, in repeated employment relationships, firms may exploit workers’ future rents to induce excessively high effort.