inequality between permanent and contract workers, since contract workers earn substantially lower wages than their counterpart …

rates and the share of temporary contracts is established. The bargaining hypothesis that job security and wages are … hypothesis is contrasted with Rosen’s theory of equalising differences where security and wages are substitutes. The empirical … insecurity and wages significantly negative level effects are found for Germany with some evidence for those in the UK. There is …

representative sample of French establishments, we first show that family firms pay on average lower wages to their workers. We find … between the family/non-family gaps in wages and job security. …

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers' wages are unaffected or even tend to … effects on either wages or employment probabilities in manufacturing. In the service industries, workers are affected in terms …

determination. In the basic set-up, UISAs induce a trade union to lower wages. This effect can also arise if (1) balanced …