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Sweden: A Minimum Wage Model in Need of Modification?
Skedinger, Per - 2008
Swedish minimum wages are not regulated by law, but subject to bargaining between employers and trade unions and form part of collective agreements. This paper provides an overview of the Swedish minimum wage system, its characteristics and effects on employment and wages, and also discusses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320277
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Effects of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment and Hours : Evidence from Sweden’s Retail Sector
Skedinger, Per - 2012
This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and hours among manual workers in the Swedish retail sector over the period 2001–05. The findings indicate that increases in real minimum wages are associated with more separations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104109
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The Design and Effects of Collectively Agreed Minimum Wages: Evidence from Sweden
Skedinger, Per - 2007
Minimum wages in Sweden are collectively agreed and differ by industry. Within agreements, the rates are also highly … differentiated. Minimum wages are higher in Sweden than in any of the countries with statutory rates considered in this study. This … reported results for Sweden do no support the suggestion that adverse employment effects are modest in systems with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320161
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Minimum Wages and the Integration of Refugee Immigrants
Lundborg, Per - 2014
in Sweden; different estimation methods and models yield robust elasticities in the 1.8-2.0 range. The effects for young … Sweden for both male and female refugees. We account for spatial trends – a concern in some of the recent literature – as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049527
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Collectively bargained wages and female earnings: Evidence from Swedish local governments
Bustos, Emil - 2024
This paper studies how a special wage increase for assistant nurses in Sweden affected income and employment. Workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581215
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International Trade and Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
Lodefalk, Magnus - 2020
We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824643
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Effects of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment and Hours: Evidence from Sweden’s Retail Sector
Skedinger, Per - 2011
This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and hours among manual workers in the Swedish retail sector over the period 2001-05. The findings indicate that increases in real minimum wages are associated with more separations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320244
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Employment Protection Reform, Enforcement in Collective Agreements and Worker Flows
Heyman, Fredrik - 2011
for employer-initiated separations in Sweden, which reduced the notice periods for newly hired older workers substantially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123051
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The Effect of Centrally Bargained Wages on Firm Growth
Bustos, Emil - 2023
collective bargaining agreements in Sweden and study the impact of the nationwide bargaining that took place in 2004. I make a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014355552
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Gazelles as Job Creators - A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
Henrekson, Magnus - 2019
It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms - so-called Gazelles - that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012706093