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The Cyclicality of Effective Wages withinEmployer-Employee Matches in a Rigid Labor Market

Anger, Silke - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

This study analyzes real wage cyclicality for male full-time workers within employer-employeematches in Germany over the period 1984-2004. Five different wage measures arecompared: the standard hourly wage rate; hourly wage earnings including overtime andbonus pay; the effective wage, which takes...

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The Impact of Labor Market Entry Conditions onInitial Job Assignment, Human Capital Accumulation,and Wages

Brunner, Beatrice; Kuhn, Andreas - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

We estimate the effects of labor market entry conditions on wages for male individuals firstentering the Austrian labor … market between 1978 and 2000. We find a large negative effect ofunfavorable entry conditions on starting wages as well as a …

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Does Wage Dispersion Make All Firms Productive?

Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

does not depend onwhether wages are collectively renegotiated at the firm level.... …

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Wage Adjustment and Productivity Shocks

Carlsson, Mikael; Messina, Julián; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

We study how workers’ wages respond to TFP-driven innovations in firms’ labor productivity.Using unique data with … of wages to sectoral labor productivity is almost three times larger than the responseto pure idiosyncratic (firm …

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Real Wages and the Business Cycle:Accounting for Worker and Firm Heterogeneity

Carneiro, Anabela; Guimarães, Paulo; Portugal, Pedro - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

heterogeneity in wages responses to aggregate labor marketconditions for newly hired workers and existing workers. Accounting for … both worker and firmheterogeneity, the data support the hypothesis that entry wages are much more procyclicalthan current … wages. A one-point increase in the unemployment rate decreases wages ofnewly hired male workers by around 2.8% and by just 1 …

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Real Wages over the Business Cycle:OECD Evidence from the Time and Frequency Domains

Messina, Julián; Strozzi, Chiara; Turunen, Jarkko - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We study differences in the adjustment of aggregate real wages in the manufacturing sectorover the business cycle … countries with stronger unions tend to have less pro-cyclical (or morecounter-cyclical) wages. We also find a positive …

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The Role of Profit Sharing in a Dual Labour Marketwith Flexible Outsourcing

Koskela, Erkki; König, Jan - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

sharing influence flexibleoutsourcing? What is the relationship between outsourcing cost, profit sharing and wages?We show … that profit sharing has a positive effect on low skilled wage and thus an outsourcingenhancing character. The wages of both …

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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experiencein the Baltic Labor Markets

Hazans, Mihails; Philips, Kaia - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with severalother surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EUaccession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, aswell as selection issues...

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Informal Caring and Labour Market OutcomesWithin England and Wales

Drinkwater, Stephen - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

This paper focuses on the links between informal care provision and labour market activity atthe sub-national level. Within-country analysis of this issue has been very limited to datedespite the wide regional variations in informal care provision that often exist. This issue isimportant in the...

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What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment inEuropean Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions,Governance, Immigrants, and Growth

Hazans, Mihails - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

European Social Survey data on 30 countries, covering years 2004-2009, are used to lookinto joint institutional [and other macro] determinants of the rates of dependent employmentwithout a contract, informal self-employment, and unemployment (secondary jobs are notaccounted for). Consistently...

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