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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...

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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

This paper studies the effects of nursing home unionization on numerous labor, establishment, and consumer outcomes using a regression discontinuity design. We find negative effects of unionization on staffing levels and no decline in care quality, suggesting positive labor productivity effects....

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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...

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Setting the Minimum Wage

Boeri, Tito - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The process leading to the setting of the minimum wage so far has been fairly overlooked by economists. This paper suggests that this is a serious limitation as the setting regime contributes to explain cross-country variation in the fine-tuning of the minimum wage, hence in the way in which the...

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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

This article presents a study of the influences on the factors that shape wage adjustments. The cost of living, comparability with other firms' wages, the fulfilment of collective agreements at sector level, the need to recruit and retain employees, the performance of the organisation, and the...

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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...

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Changes in Bargaining Status and Intra-Plant Wage Dispersion in Germany: A Case of (Almost) Plus Ça Change?

Addison, John T.; Kölling, Arnd; Teixeira, Paulino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Recent studies have pointed to the association between declining collective bargaining coverage and rising overall wage inequality. This association holds more or less across-the-board, at least for broad swathes of recent history. That said, the exact contribution of deununionization is a...

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Rising Wage Inequality, the Decline of Collective Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap

Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality is rising strongly – driven not only by...

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Wage Differentials across Sectors in Europe: An East-West Comparison

Magda, Iga; Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan; Valsamis, Daphné - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

countries (namely Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain compared with Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech … countries. It is relatively small in Norway and Belgium, large in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic …

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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

by a multi-level system of bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain. Our findings show that, compared to multiemployer …. In Spain, single-employer bargaining also increases wage levels but reduces wage dispersion. Our interpretation is that … in Belgium and Denmark, single-employer bargaining is used to adapt pay to the specific needs of the firm while, in Spain …

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