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The effect of firm-level contracts on the structure of wages : evidence from matched employer-employee data

Card, David E. (contributor); Rica, Sara de la (contributor) - 2004

In Spain, as in several other European countries, sectoral bargaining agreements are automatically extended to cover … inequality for women. At the establishment level, we compare average wages under firm-level and sectoral bargaining, controlling …-specific contracting raises average wages, with a pattern of effects that tends to increase inequality relative to sectoral bargaining for …

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Unions and wage inequality : the roles of gender, skill and public sector employment

Card, David E.; Lemieux, Thomas; Riddell, William Craig - 2018

We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were concentrated among low-skilled men in private sector...

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Overtime working in an unregulated labour market

Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A. - 1999

length of weekly overtime? (c) What is the influence of collective bargaining coverage on overtime pay and hours? (d) Does …

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Wage flexibility under sectoral bargaining

Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2021

collective bargaining agreements, to study the interactions between wage floors and wage cushions and quantify the impact of …

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Wage-hours contracts, overtime working and premium pay

Hart, Robert A. (contributor); Ma, Yue (contributor) - 2008

This paper offers a contract-based theory to explain the determination of standard hours, overtime hours and overtime premium pay. We expand on the wage contract literature that emphasises the role of firm-specific human capital and that explores problems of contract efficiency in the face of...

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The decline of overtime working in Britain

Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A. - 2019

overtime working and the average weekly hours of overtime workers. This investigation features collective bargaining coverage …

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Labor productivity during the Great Depression in UK manufacturing

Hart, Robert A. - 2019

This paper provides estimates of labor productivity for one-third of UK manufacturing during the Great Depression. It covers engineering and allied industries, and metal working industries. A unique data set of actual hours of work is combined with comparable real output and employment...

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Real wages, working time, and the great depression : what does micro evidence tell us?

Hart, Robert A.; Roberts, J. Elizabeth - 2010

Based largely on industry-level aggregate statistics, the prevailing view, and one that has strongly influenced macroeconomic thought, is that real wages during the cycle containing the Great Depression are either acyclical or countercyclical. Does this finding hold-up when more micro data are...

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Overtime working and contract efficiency

Hart, Robert A.; Ma, Yue - 2013

We present a wage-hours contract designed to minimize costly job turnover given investments in on the job training combined with firm and worker information asymmetries. It may be optimal for the parties to work 'long hours' remunerated at premium rates for guaranteed overtime hours. Based on...

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Wages, hours and human capital over the life cycle

Hart, Robert A.; Ma, Yue - 2000

We investigate wage-hours contracts within a four-period rent sharing model that incorporates asymmetric information. Distinctions are made among (a) an investment period, (b) a period in which the parties may separate (quits or layoffs) or continue rent accumulation and sharing, (c) a post...

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