pieces of work. Examines the employment effects of the industry‐level system of minimum wages which operated in the UK until …Presents a theoretical approach to analysing the effects of minimum wages on employment which is intended to conform … effects of minimum wages on employment. The model has the desirable property of not only allowing for the negative effect …

This study explores the impact of import competition on wages and employment at the industry level. We estimate reduced …‐form, industry‐level wage and employment equations. We find that, in a majority of industries, a toughening of import competition … tends to reduce employment and to have an adverse effect on workers’ wages, but the magnitude of this impact is relatively …

; their wages are substantially higher than what they would have obtained had they chosen paid work. Furthermore, even after …

in productivity and 0.04 per cent in wages, or an increase of 0.16 and 0.08 per cent, respectively, if one uses firm … all the gains accruing to workers through higher wages on the other. …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the influence of workplace teams on wages and wage dispersion within … wages but negatively associated with wage dispersion within establishments. The four team variables examined have the same … directional influence on both wages and dispersion suggesting that it is the use of teams that is important not necessarily the …

satisfaction; however, both skill and education mismatches have negative impacts on wages. Practical implications – The analysis …