negative effect on the wage of the low-skilled at the bottom of the wage distribution. With lower returns from employment, the …. The findings provide evidence against the commonly used argument that wage flexibility improves the employment prospects …

.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …

as employment, low pay, social transfers and poverty. This paper presents basic empirical evidence on the validity of … (wage compression) and employment performance, or between employment performance and poverty. Instead we find a strong and …, the incidence of low wage employment and social expenditure are also strongly and (negatively) related. We examine these …

part of the U.S. distribution derive an important advantage from devoting so much of their time to paid employment: They …

as one pleases, outside the necessities of everyday life. Using surveys from five countries (the USA, Australia, Germany …