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Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in dual labor markets. Outsourcing promotes wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Higher domestic low-skilled wage tax, higher payroll tax and lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859632
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Rent-Sharing under Different Bargaining Regimes: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined byindustry-level agreements. In addition, for some workers, industry agreements arecomplemented by firm-specific agreements. Yet, the relative importance of firm and industryagreements (in other words, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860385
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Wage Gaps Large and Small
Hirsch, Barry - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
The law of one wage does not strictly hold, nor should it be expected to hold, in contemporary labor markets. The law of one wage, however, provides a surprisingly good first approximation of the structure of U.S. wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860584
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage : The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional …, coverage at the firm level, and coverage at the individual level. Using linked employer-employee data and applying quantile … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861118
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Wage Distributions by Bargaining Regime: LinkedEmployer-Employee Data Evidence from Germany
Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Using linked employer-employee data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey 2001,this paper provides a comprehensive picture of the wage structure in three wage-settingregimes prevalent in the German system of industrial relations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862776
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Equilibrium Unemployment with Outsourcing andWage Solidarity Under Labour Market Imperfections
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation andequilibrium unemployment in a heterogeneous labour market, where wages are determinedby a monopoly labour union. We find that outsourcing promotes the wage dispersion betweenthe high-skilled and low-skilled workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863113
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Minimum Wages in Kenya
Andalon, Mabel; Pagés, Carmen - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860469
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The Impact of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies in the UK
Dolton, Peter; Makepeace, Gerry - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper examines the impact of the Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) on the public sector pay of their remit groups. We compare the real weekly earnings of groups of workers in occupations covered by PRBs, in the remainder of the public sector and in the private sector using LFS data from 1993 to 2006...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860597
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Better Protected, Better Paid : Evidence on How Employment Protection Affects Wages
Van der Wiel, Karen - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper empirically establishes the effect of the employer's term of notice on the wage level of employees. The term of notice is defined as the period an employer has to notify workers in advance of their up-coming dismissal. The wages paid during this period are an important element of...
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Training the Unemployed in France: How Does ItAffect Unemployment Duration and Recurrence?
Crépon, Bruno; Ferracci, Marc; Fougère, Denis - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Econometric evaluations of public-sponsored training programmes generally find littleevidence of an impact of such policies on transition rates out of unemployment. We performthe first evaluation of training effects for the unemployed adults in France, exploiting a uniquelongitudinal dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861168