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to substantial differences in labor-market equilibrium between bargained and posted wages. The fraction of workers hired … away from existing jobs is another key determinant of equilibrium, because a worker with an existing job has a better … outside option in bargaining than does an unemployed worker. Our survey measures the incidences of wage posting, bargaining …
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to substantial differences in labor-market equilibrium between bargained and posted wages. The fraction of workers hired … away from existing jobs is another key determinant of equilibrium, because a worker with an existing job has a better … outside option in bargaining than does an unemployed worker. Our survey measures the incidences of wage posting, bargaining …
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Italian "Jobs Act", we find that large firms are less sensitive than small ones to hiring subsidies, unless they come combined …
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Jobs are the number one policy concern of policymakers in many countries. The global financial crisis, rising …
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Dismissal disputes occur mostly in recessions and often lead to long and costly contract termination procedures. This paper investigates how dispute procedures may affect the job-matching process. First we present a simple accounting frame- work that corresponds with general dismissal...
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research on the employment effect of minimum wages in SSA, but the few findings are consistent with the broad summary of global … usually have very little observably adverse effects and may have positive impacts on wages. The great variability in findings …
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We assess alternative research designs for minimum wage studies. States in the U.S. with larger minimum wage increases differ from others in business cycle severity, increased inequality and polarization, political economy, and regional distribution. The resulting time-varying heterogeneity...
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' seasonal agricultural workers from the United States, with the stated goal of raising wages and employment for domestic farm ….S. agricultural wages or employment, and find that important mechanisms for this result include both adoption of less labor …
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wages lead to a greater prevalence of subminimum wage payments. We consistently estimate that increases in measured … in minimum wages. …
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This paper presents results from the third year of a multi-year, pre-committed research design for analyzing recent minimum wage changes. Using ACS and CPS data through 2017, we find that relatively large minimum wage increases reduced employment among low-skilled individuals by just over 2...
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