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Long term earnings inequality, earnings instability and temporary employment in Spain: 1993 - 2000
Cervini Plá, María; Ramos, Xavier - 2008
This paper provides a longitudinal perspective on changes in Spanish male earnings inequality for the period 1993-2000, by decomposing the earnings covariance structure into its permanent and transitory parts. According to the Spanish sample of the European Community Household Panel,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268846
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Comparing Apples with Oranges : Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in an International Perspective
Plasman, Robert; Sissoko, Salimata - 2004
sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262180
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Wages and the bargaining regime under multi-level bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain
Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, François - 2006
by a multi-level system of bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain. Our findings show that, compared to multi …. In Spain, single-employer bargaining also increases wage levels but reduces wage dispersion. Our interpretation is that … in Belgium and Denmark, single-employer bargaining is used to adapt pay to the specific needs of the firm while, in Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267286
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Establishment size and the dispersion of wages: evidence from European countries
Lallemand, Thierry; Rycx, François - 2005
We investigate how the wage distribution differs among small and large establishments in four European countries. Findings show that within-establishment wage dispersion rises with size because large employers have a more diverse workforce. They also suggest that screening and monitoring costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267551
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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality during Macroeconomic Turbulence: Sweden 1991-1999
Gustavsson, Magnus - 2002
Using a rich longitudinal database, I study the dynamics behind changes in the distribution of annual earnings in Sweden 1991 to 1999. The analysis indicates a systematic increase in persistent earnings differentials during the 1990s; workers with low relative earnings in the beginning of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321750
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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300706
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Managerial versus production wages: Offshoring, country size and endowments
Benz, Sebastian; Kohler, Wilhelm - 2011
We explore the role of trade in differentiated final goods as well ollshoring of tasks for inequality both within and between countries. We emphasize the distinction between managerial and production labor. Managerial labor is a fixed input while production labor is a variable input. Following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305870
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265004
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268676
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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269901