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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 …-employer bargaining, single-employer bargaining has a positive effect both on wage levels and on wage dispersion in Belgium and in Denmark … 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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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector
Bilginsoy, Cihan - 2009
This paper estimates the union effects on the wage gap and dispersion in two pooled samples of construction craftworkers (CPS 1983-88 and 2000-05) using decomposition analysis and kernel density estimation. It shows that despite the decline in the adjusted union wage gap declined over time, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288079
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The incidence of nominal and real wage rigidity: an individual-based sectoral approach
Messina, Julián; Du Caju, Philip; Izquierdo, Mario; … - 2010
sectors in Belgium, Denmark, Spain and Portugal. Our methodology follows the approach recently developed for the International …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605259
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The incidence of nominal and real wage rigidity: An individual-based sectoral approach
Messina, Julián; Du Caju, Philip; Duarte, Cláudia Filipa - 2010
sectors in Belgium, Denmark, Spain and Portugal. Our methodology follows the approach recently developed for the International …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506711
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Essays on labor market search and the distribution of incomes
Le Maire, Daniel - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012503128
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Trade Liberalisation and Insider Power: The Case of Brazil
Arbache, Jorge Saba - 1999
This paper investigates the impact of market-oriented economic reforms on union behaviour in Brazil. Previous work shows that openness, deregulation and similar measures constrain union power. In contrast, our results show that insider power has increased in the more competitive environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010443322
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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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"Algorithm breakers" are not a different "species": Attitudes towards trade unions of Deliveroo riders in Belgium
Vandaele, Kurt; Piasna, Agnieszka; Drahokoupil, Jan - 2019
This working paper investigates a rare case of platform work performed in the realm of regulated employment and explores the attitudes of platform workers towards collective representation. The argument is developed that workers' attitudes and their propensity to engage in collective action can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565862
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Imports as Product and Labour Market Discipline
Boulhol, Hervé; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Maioli, Sara - 2009
This paper tests the pro-competitive effect of trade in the product and labour markets of UK manufacturing sectors between 1988 and 2003 using a two-stage estimation procedure. In the first stage, we use data on 9820 firms from twenty manufacturing sectors to simultaneously estimate mark-up and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325650
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Neue Mindestlohngesetze vernichten Gewerkschaftskonkurrenz: Kommentar
Wey, Christian - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 47, pp. 750
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