Keyword: wage

Looks Matter (11/5/1999)

Looks matter when most people are plain looking, even in jobs where looks do not affect job performance.

Keywords: appearance, beauty, looks, salary., scarcity, wage

Moving Up by Staying Put (8/30/2001)

American companies are increasingly outsourcing back-office and software design work to highly skilled but lower-cost English-speaking foreign workers.

Keywords: back office, foreign workers, globalization, H1-B visa, high- tech industry, immigrants, jobs, labor mobility, migration, outsourcing, salary, skilled workers, wage

The Seduction of Cheap Labor (8/31/2005)

Cheap immigrant labor has kept labor-intensive lettuce farming in America that should perhaps have been offshored or mechanized.

Keywords: cheap labor, immigrant workers, immigrants, labor market, lettuce, offshoring, opportunity costs, wage