A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...

Die Arbeit untersucht und vergleicht die Wirkung von Mindest- und Kombilöhnen (Lohnkostenzuschüsse und Transferzahlungen an Arbeitnehmer) in einem Arbeitsmarktmodell mit monopsonistischer Konkurrenz und freiem Marktzutritt für Firmen. Es wird die Wirkung beider Instrumente auf die Nutzen der...

In this thesis it is analyzed if promoting product market competition can help to to fight unemployment in Europe. We have used a general equilibrium model in order to study how reducing mark-ups and increasing productivity in one sector affect aggregate unemployment for an exogenously given...