The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of firms' management ranks help reduce barriers to women's advancement in the workplace. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment...

The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of management ranks of firms help reduce barriers to advancement in the workplace faced by women. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal...

A real wage rate is a nominal wage rate divided by the price of a good and is a transparent measure of how much of the good an hour of work buys. It provides an important indicator of the living standards of workers, and also of the productivity of workers. In this paper I set out the conceptual...

According to federal law in 2012, employers can take a credit of up to $5.13 for tips received by workers in satisfying the minimum wage requirement of $7.25. This study uses interstate variation in laws regarding tip credits and minimum wages to identify the effects of reducing or eliminating...

This paper considers the effects of union-bargained minimum wages on transitions into and out of employment in the hotels and catering industry over the period 1979-99. This industry is characterised by a high fraction of unskilled labour input, high worker turnover and binding minimum wages....

Nach einem weitgehenden tarifpolitischen Stillstand in der Corona-Zeit erlebt das Gastgewerbe vor dem Hintergrund von Arbeitskräftemangel und 12 Euro Mindestlohns nun eine grundlegende Erneuerung der Tariflandschaft.

[Einleitung] Die Digitalisierung der Arbeit hat große Umwälzungen zur Folge. Kaum ein Bereich der Arbeitswelt bleibt davon unberührt. Dienstleistungen sind ebenso betroffen wie Fertigungsprozesse oder Betriebsstrukturen. Diskussionen um Industrie 4.0 und ihre Auswirkung auf Beschäftigte sind...