Klappentext: Streiks sind Kristallisationspunkte gewerkschaftlichen Handelns, Konflikte zwischen Beschäftigten und Unternehmern werden zugespitzt. Aber Streik war und ist nicht gleich Streik. Der Entschluss, die Arbeit niederzulegen, erfordert Mut und begleitende Aktionen, um Aufmerksamkeit zu...

Many U.S. cities have recently increased their minimum wages, especially in California. We report results from carrying out analyses of the impacts of these city minimum wages, as specified in a pre-analysis plan (PAP) that was registered on Open Science Framework prior to the release of data...

The need for macroprudential policy to “lean against the wind” of credit cycles at the aim of financial and hence macroeconomic stability is a common belief. Which design of macroprudential policy might attain the greatest stability for the economy is still an open debate. This paper builds...

We use distributional regression analysis to study the impact of a six percent increase in the Irish minimum wage on the distribution of hourly wages and household income. Wage inequality, measured by the ratio of wages in the 90th and 10th percentiles and the 75th and 25th percentiles,...