Patrick Belser, an International Labor Organization specialist, says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.

国际劳工组织的专家贝尔瑟说，工资水平的下降与失业水平有关。

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We also still see, despite increases in women's participation in the labor force, that there are still really high wage gaps in the labor force.

我们依然看到，虽然妇女的劳动参与率提高了，但劳动力之间的工资差距确实仍然很大。

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In Rajasthan, women turn to grueling wage labor, earning twodollars a day for digging a reservoir.

女人们在拉贾斯坦邦辛苦地打短工，每天靠挖蓄水池挣两美元。

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Not only does an entrepreneurial path place immigrants in a non-competitive position relative to the existing wage-seeking labor pool, but their ventures that are employer businesses actually create jobs, increasing demand for labor and thereby pushing up wages.

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