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This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
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We reassess the effect of state and federal minimum wages on U.S. earnings inequality, attending to two issues that … extend to wage percentiles where the minimum is nominally non-binding, implying spillovers. We structurally estimate these … spillovers and show that their relative importance grows as the nominal minimum wage becomes less binding. Subsequent analysis …
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Continental Europe (8%). This share has been rising steadily since the late 1970s, mainly due to labour income (wages), but also … inheritance) taxation, closing loopholes for capital income (e.g., non-domiciled residents), and increasing skills, especially for …
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wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and …
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For both practitioners and researchers, span of control plays an important role in defining and understanding the role of the CEO. In this paper, we combine organizational chart information for a sample of 65 companies with detailed data on how their CEOs allocate their work time, which we...
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, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 … devote to work activities, and longer working hours are associated with higher firm productivity, growth, profitability and …
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