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Union-nonunion wage gap : some unexpected findings in Brazilian labour market
Campos, André Gambier; Moura, Ana Carolina - 2017
This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. However, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its...
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Financial Incentives to Work Decomposed: The Finnish Case
Kotamäki, Mauri; Ollonqvist, Joonas - 2018
that taxation and unemployment benefits account the largest shares of the mean PTR. Another finding is that PTRs vary …
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Labor market integration of migrants : hidden costs and benefits in two-tier welfare states
König, Jan; Skupnik, Christoph - 2012
under two types of union behavior. Analyzing the ceteris paribus labor market effects, we identify hidden costs and benefits …
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How do workers adjust when firms adopt new technologies?
Genz, Sabrina; Gregory, Terry; Janser, Markus; Lehmer, … - 2021
We investigate how workers adjust to firms’ investments into new digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, augmented reality, or 3D printing. For this, we collected novel data that links survey information on firms’ technology adoption to administrative social security data....
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Working from home : heterogeneous effects on hours worked and wages
Arntz, Melanie; Ben Yahmed, Sarra; Berlingieri, Francesco - 2019
mothers. Hourly wages, however, increase with WfH take-up among fathers, but not among mothers unless they change employer …. This points to poorer bargaining outcomes for women compared to men when staying with the same employer. Controlling for …
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The long-term earnings' effects of a credit market disruption
Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; De Philippis, Marta; Sette, Enrico - 2023
This paper studies the long-term consequences on firms and workers of the credit crunch triggered by the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. Relying on a unique matched bank-employer-employee administrative dataset, we construct a firm-specific credit supply shock and examine firms’ and...
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Mandated sick pay : coverage, utilization, and welfare effects
Maclean, Catherine; Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021
, and non-mandated fringe benefits. Sick pay mandates increase coverage significantly by 18 percentage points from a … evidence that mandating sick pay crowds-out non-mandated fringe benefits. Finally, we develop a model of optimal sick pay …
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The integration of migrants in the German labor market : evidence over 50 years
Berbée, Paul; Stuhler, Jan - 2023
Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus, we study their labor market integration over the last 50 years, and document key differences to the US case. While the employment gaps between immigrant and native men decline...
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"Welfare magnetism" in the EU-15? : why the EU enlargement did not start a race to the bottom of welfare states
Skupnik, Christoph - 2013
According to the "welfare magnet" hypothesis, migrants with a high likelihood of claiming benefits cluster in the most … thus be expected to reduce public benefits in order to avoid becoming "welfare magnets". However, OECD data on benefits do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764577
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Higher wages and capital intensity: a closer look
Viren, Matti - 2006
This paper focuses on the relationship between higher wages and capital intensity. The relationship itself is by no … easily give in for union wage demand. In other words, the bargaining power of unions is related to the capital-labor ratio … companies. The results show the relationship between higher wages and capital intensity and very strong and it applies to all …
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