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The labor market differs from other markets in many respects. Most important is that those who supply labor also have to deliver it in person. It means firstly that the work environment and organization of work are important for those who deliver labor, since they are in the work place....
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We investigate the impact of labour market concentration on two dimensions of job quality, namely wages and job … and local product market concentration, we show that the elasticities of wages with respect to labour market concentration … are strikingly similar across countries: increasing labour market concentration by 10% reduces wages by 0.19% in Germany …
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This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates of the effect of work-related training on labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor market outcomes, we apply a regression-adjusted...
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-share instruments to the universe of German firms. In line with theory, we find that a doubling in tightness reduces firms' employment …
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the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …
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When workers send applications to vacancies they create a network. Frictions arise because workers typically do not know where other workers apply to and firms do not know which candidates other firms consider. The first coordination friction affects network formation, while the second...
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Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising …
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In oligopsonistic labour markets, firms have some market power, and a wedge is created between wages and marginal … different institutions can affect this inefficiency. Industry-level minimum wages can remove the training inefficiency and … of training intensity. Second, firmspecific unions, through raising relative wages and reducing turnover, can increase …
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This paper investigates the behaviour of employers' monopsony power and workers' wages over the business cycle. Using … unemployment rate. In line with theory, we find that firms possess more monopsony power during economic downturns, which shows to … workers' entry wages are of similar magnitude as those predicted under monopsonistic wage setting, suggesting that monopsony …
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For a large set of countries, we document how the labor earnings inequality varies with GDP per capita. As countries get richer, the mean-to-median ratio and the Gini coefficient decline. Yet, this decline masks divergent patterns: while inequality at the top of the earnings distribution falls,...
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