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Monopsonistic competition, low-wage labour markets, and minimum wages : an empirical analysis

Bachmann, Ronald; Frings, Hanna - 2015

This paper investigates the degree of monopsony power of employers in different industries against the background of a statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a dynamic model of monopsonistic competition. The...

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Labour market polarisation, job tasks and monopsony power

Bachmann, Ronald; Demir, Gökay; Frings, Hanna - 2020

Using a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony model, we examine to what extent workers performing different job tasks are exposed to different degrees of monopsony power, and whether these differences in monopsony power have changed over the last 30 years. We find that workers...

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In good company : neighborhood quality and female employment

Bechara, Peggy; Eilers, Lea; Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2015

, wird in diesem Papier der Einfluss der Nachbarschaft auf das individuelle Arbeitsangebot von Frauen untersucht. Aufgrund … mit Nachbarschaftsattributen korreliert ist. Während das extensive Arbeitsangebot besonders stark mit der … durchschnittlichen Beschäftigungsquote von Frauen korreliert ist, wird das intensive Arbeitsangebot durch den Anteil der …

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The intensive and extensive margin of European labour supply

Frings, Hanna; Schaffner, Sandra - 2011

Das Arbeitsangebot wird grundsätzlich durch zwei Faktoren bestimmt: Die Partizipation am Arbeitsmarkt (extensives … Arbeitsangebot) und die Anzahl der gearbeiteten Stunden der Beschäftigten (intensives Arbeitsangebot). Auf Basis der … gesamte Arbeitsangebot ist. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf signifikante Unterschiede im Arbeitsangebot zwischen den Ländern hin …

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Wage inequality and wage mobility in Europe

Bachmann, Ronald; Bechara, Peggy; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012

Using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), this paper investigates wage inequality and wage mobility in Europe. Decomposing inequality into within and between group inequality, we analyse to what extent wage inequality and mobility can be explained...

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High-impact minimum wages and heterogeneous regions

Vom Berge, Philipp; Frings, Hanna; Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2013

We estimate the effects on wage and employment growth rates of the introduction and subsequent increases of a substantial minimum wage in the main construction industry of Germany. Using a regional dataset constructed from individual employment histories, we exploit the spatial dimension and...

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