market consequences. We use the Synthetic Control Group Method (SCGM) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW …) to estimate the causal effect of mandated sick leave on employment and wages. Our findings do not provide much evidence … that employment or wages were significantly affected by the mandates which typically allow employees to earn one hour of …

, which predicts an ambiguous effect on wages: firing costs are expected to increase wages, because they increase the … short-term effect on wages – and also on unemployment. We find larger effects for older than for younger workers and for men … on wages takes place during the first year of the reform. Our simulations also show that the increase in wages is mostly …

countries, ranging from Ireland to Spain. We find that the common impact of obesity on wages is negative and statistically …We use data from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the impact of obesity on wages in 9 European … wages in the countries of the European "olive belt" and a positive relationship in the countries of the "beer belt". We …

and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal …

, comparability with other firms' wages, the fulfilment of collective agreements at sector level, the need to recruit and retain …

to the conventional view that labor costs are procyclical. Using BLS establishment-job data, we find that even real wages …, the main focus of prior literature, have become countercyclical. Benefit expenditures are less rigid than nominal wages …

voluntary market (primarily those with lower skills). We also find that relative wages fell in Hawaii over time, but the … ; wages …