We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our …

characteristics, which allows us most of the benefits obtained by introducing firm dummies in wage equations for studying the effect … workers belonging to the middle of the wage distribution, while their return to schooling is significantly lower than that of … high wage workers. Wage regressions including the computed factors confirm that human capital is associated with positive …

occupational specialization towards multi-tasking – for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this …

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures … efficiency" (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies that (a)improve employment and welfare, (b)do not raise earnings inequality … German data. The calibration shows that hiring vouchers can be AWE, while low-wage subsidies do not satisfy AWE. Furthermore …

for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …

similar station within the German wage structure as that held by high school graduates in the US labour market. Finally, we …

employment turnover and high insurance can co-exist with an American-type steady-state with low unemployment, high employment …

heterogeneity. We also take into account that there might be feedback from shocks in the employment status to future propensity of … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …