This paper studies how local school competition affects teacher wages at markets where wages are set via individual … years, I analyze the effects of competition on wages as well as labor flows. The results suggest that competition translates … into higher wages, also for teachers in public schools. While the average increases are modest new teachers gain 2 percent …

work experience may also improve employment opportunities and increase wages after the graduation. This study examines how … significant changes in the Finnish labor market. The study finds that in-school work experience increases graduates' earnings at … controlling for the selection bias in work experience acquisition. …

non-trivial earnings penalty. The main source of the persistent penalty appears to be the loss of work experience after …

wages. Using a unique longitudinal dataset, the Swedish part of the International Adult Literacy Survey, we are able to …

This paper is concerned with the labor market experience of Swedish youths during the 1980s and the 1990s. The first …

period 1968-1991. We find that the effects of changes in the wage structure on women's wages have varied over time and have …'s relative wage gains, as compared to 1974. At this time, women gained in relative wages mainly because discrimination was …

there exist an equilibrium where all firms negotiate wages. Generally, we find that a tight labor market favors bargaining … are more productive, suggesting a reason why wages are more often negotiated for highly paid jobs. …

This paper studies effects of unemployment and labour market programmes on real wages in the Czech and Slovak Republics … programme exert upward pressure on real wages in Slovakia. When accounting for effects from adjacent districts, a positive …