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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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Mental health and labour supply : evidence from Mexico‘s ongoing violent conflicts
Michaelsen, Maren - 2012
Gesundheit auf das individuelle Arbeitsangebot. Dabei wird sowohl die extensive Marge als auch die intensive Marge betrachtet …-Tobit Modell-Ergebnissen zeigt sich, dass ein schlechterer mentaler Gesundheitszustand das individuelle Arbeitsangebot von Männern …
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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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The hidden increase in wage inequality : skill-biased and ability-biased technology change
Michaelsen, Maren - 2011
This study provides strong evidence for an increase in wage inequality induced by skillbiased technological change in the UK manufacturing industry between 1991 and 2006. Using individual level data from the BHPS and industry level data from the OECD, wage regressions are estimated which...
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