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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …