The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s … percent. We examine whether relatively standard wage and employment equations can account for the volatile economic … demand equations suggest that cuts in working time may have slightly increased employment as firms substituted workers for …

. A worker's bargaining position reflects their own productivity, and also the employment status and conditions of their …

moments of the distributions of earnings, employment and wage shocks across individuals. Our main finding is that …

Immigrants in many countries have lower employment rates and lower earnings than natives. We study whether a more …

by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one's quality of life: employment, earnings and …

This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in … Germany. In line with previous studies, the estimated employment effect is only modestly negative and statistically …

by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one’s quality of life: employment, earnings and …

. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less … adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test our main hypothesis that any relative labor-market advantage of … vocational education decreases with age, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares employment rates across …

We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …