This paper studies how a special wage increase for assistant nurses in Sweden affected income and employment. Workers … in the public sector receive wages based on negotiations between unions and employers. These agreements usually provide … robust effects on separation or working time, suggesting that the changes in labor income come from changes in hourly wages …

collective bargaining agreements in Sweden and study the impact of the nationwide bargaining that took place in 2004. I make a … increase average wages (1.3%) and to grow faster (2.7%) both in terms of employment and sales, while profitability decreases …

Swedish minimum wages are not regulated by law, but subject to bargaining between employers and trade unions and form … effects on employment and wages, and also discusses the challenges to the model represented by increasing low-wage competition … postenlargement EU. -- Minimum wages ; Low-wage competition ; Laval case …

We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate …, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We … find a positive, yet heterogeneous, effect of trade on immigrant employment but no effect on immigrant wages. …