setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions … depending on the age at which workers enroll. In addition, we show that focusing on a restricted set of outcomes, such as wages …

literature on the relationship between firm-specific human capital and wages, the relative value of firm-specific human capital …

.We observe significant heterogeneity among countries in terms of gender gaps in promotions and wages, but the gaps that exist …

one out of seven full-time employees who earned low wages (i.e. less than two-thirds of the median wage) in 1998/99 was … able to earn wages above the low-wage threshold in 2003. Bivariate probit estimations with endogenous selection indicate … appears to be an important instrument for achieving wages above the low-wage threshold …

, thus indirectly affecting later wages. The paper conveys important policy implications. If some personality traits, such as … schooling ­ before the individual enters the labor market ­ does not significantly affect later wages after controlling for … control measures on wages, this indicates that it is important to distinguish between premarket skills and those that are …

We investigate the effects of works councils on employees' wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with … support for the hypothesis that the introduction of a works council itself increases wages or job satisfaction for the …