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The Effect of Minimum Wages Throughout the Wage Distribution.
Neumark, D.; Schweitzer, M.; Wascher, W. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
This paper provides evidence on a wide set of margins along which labor markets can adjust in response to increases in the minimum wage, including wages, hours, employment, and ultimately labor income, representing the central margins of adjustment that impact the economic well-being of workers...
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Jobs, workers and changes in earnings dispersion
Burgess, Simon; Lane, Julia; Stevens, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001
The ''fractal'' nature of the rise in earnings dispersion is one of its key features and remains a puzzle. In this paper, we offer a new perspective on the causes of changes in earnings dispersion, focusing on the role of labour reallocation. Once we drop the assumption that all firms pay a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745540
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A cautionary note on using industry affiliation to predict income
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Schwandt, Hannes - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Many literatures investigate the causal impact of income on economic outcomes, for example in the context of intergenerational transmission or well-being and health. Some studies have proposed to use employer wage differentials and in particular industry affiliation as an instrument for income....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071133
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Product market competition returns to skill and wage inequality
Guadalupe, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper shows that increasing product market competition can have a direct impact on the employment relationship and on wage inequality. I develop a simple model in which an increase in product market competition increases returns to skill through the effect of competition on the sensitivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884671
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Union density and varieties of coverage: the anatomy of union wage effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional setup suggests to distinguish explicitly union...
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Wage distributions by bargaining regime: linked employer-employee data evidence from Germany
Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
analyze wage distributions for various labor market subgroups by means of kernel density estimation, variance decompositions …
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The early career gender wage gap
Napari, Sami - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
In Finland the gender wage gap increases significantly during the first 10 years after labor market entry accounting … most of the life-time increase in the gender wage gap. This paper focuses on the early career gender wage differences among … university graduates and considers several explanations for the gender wage gap based on the human capital theory, job mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746584
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Who bore the burden of wage arrears in the Kyrgyz republic?
Namazie, Ceema Zahra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
Despite large falls in output in the FSU, rather than firing workers, workers were subjected to long spells of unpaid leave or non-payment of wages (wage arrears). Wage arrears is a significant problem in the countries of the FSU, particularly in light of price liberalization on most goods and...
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The effect of unobservables on labour supply decisions: the formal and informal sector during transition
Namazie, Ceema Zahra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
The transition from a command economy in the FSU resulted in increased activities in the informal sector. However despite prevalent delays in wage payments many workers were still observed to be working full-time in the formal sector. Here a model of workers' labour supply decisions incorporates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125949
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Why labour hoarding may be rational: a model of firm behaviour during transition
Namazie, Ceema Zahra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
In the Former Soviet Union, the early 1990s were characterized by large falls in GDP and small changes to already low unemployment. The slow adjustment to unemployment was a result of employers using various means to maintain employment levels, including; extended periods of unpaid leave,...
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