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by a multi-level system of bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain. Our findings show that, compared to multi …. In Spain, single-employer bargaining also increases wage levels but reduces wage dispersion. Our interpretation is that … in Belgium and Denmark, single-employer bargaining is used to adapt pay to the specific needs of the firm while, in Spain …
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countries (namely Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain compared with Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech … countries. It is relatively small in Norway and Belgium, large in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic …
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This article presents a study of the influences on the factors that shape wage adjustments. The cost of living, comparability with other firms' wages, the fulfilment of collective agreements at sector level, the need to recruit and retain employees, the performance of the organisation, and the...
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This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a Spanish urban adult population (N=766) is employed. From...
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Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically …
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government budget, as social insurance in Spain is not actuarially fair. Finally, we also assess the impact of a decline in …
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We present evidence for the motherhood wage penalty in Spain as a representative Southern European Mediterranean …
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This paper provides a longitudinal perspective on changes in Spanish male earnings inequality for the period 1993-2000, by decomposing the earnings covariance structure into its permanent and transitory parts. According to the Spanish sample of the European Community Household Panel,...
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We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over …
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We study short- and long-term wage effects of two important elements of non-wage labour costs: firing costs and payroll taxes. We exploit a reform that introduced substantial reduction in these two provisions for unemployed workers aged less than thirty and over forty five years. Theoretical...
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