evaluates the framework of wage bargaining. Wages are set at the sectoral level and extended nationally. However, they donot … adjustment through lower profits and employment. Wage developments explain about 45 percent of the manufacturing unit labor cost … moving from sectoral- to firm-level wage setting of at least 3.5 percentage points lower unemployment (or higher employment …

Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to … this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 … would, on average, lift female employment by 1 percent, while increasing male employment by 0.6 percent. Consequently such a …

In many countries, notably across Europe, collective bargaining coverage is enhanced by government-issued extensions …. This paper analyses the causal impact of such extensions on employment using a natural experiment in Portugal: the … on employment growth. Moreover, the effects tend to be concentrated among non-affiliated firms. The lack of …

improve employment and income equality outcomes with no substantial impact on the overall risk of poverty. Nevertheless, the …-time employment …