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Wages and the Bargaining Regime under Multi-level Bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain
Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
impact of the regime of collective bargaining on wages in the manufacturing sector of three countries that are characterized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762386
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The Regional Dimension of Collective Wage Bargaining: The Case of Belgium
Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Tojerow, Ilan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
very rich linked employer-employee dataset which provides detailed information on wages, productivity, and worker's and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822930
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The Institutional Context of an "Empirical Law": The Wage Curve under Different Regimes of Collective Bargaining
Blien, Uwe; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schank, Thorsten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
wages with respect to unemployment postulated by Blanchflower and Oswald. In this regime, we also find that works councils … dampen the adjustment of wages to the regional unemployment situation. In the other regimes of plants that either do not make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578120
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Receiving Countries' Perspectives: The Case of Sweden
Gerdes, Christer; Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Sweden has made its labour market more open for labour immigration since the mid1990s: becoming member of the common … rather stable in the years after the crisis in 2008. The main explanation is most likely that the recession in Sweden was … were employed. If the present EMU crisis is spreading to Sweden the result may of course be different. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959693
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Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990915
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Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes
Sojourner, Aaron J.; Frandsen, Brigham R.; Town, Robert J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
. Unionization appears to raise wages for a given worker while also shifting the composition of the workforce away from higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959528
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Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper provides the first definitive estimates of union density in Portugal, 2010-2012, using a unique dataset. The determinants of union density at firm level are first modeled. Next, we draw upon a very recent study of the union wage premium to provide summary estimates of the union wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214034
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Setting the Minimum Wage
Boeri, Tito - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
down low productivity jobs is addressed. There are two common ways of setting national minimum wages: they are either … minimum wages in 66 countries that had already or introduced a minimum wage in the period 1981-2005 to test the implications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015486
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The Process of Wage Adjustment: An Analysis Using Establishment-Level Data
Bayo-Moriones, Alberto; Galdón-Sánchez, José Enrique; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
, comparability with other firms' wages, the fulfilment of collective agreements at sector level, the need to recruit and retain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323396
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Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation, and organisations). The observed institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325420