erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so …

market reforms implemented in Germany between 2003 and 2005. I exploit regional variation in the intensity German counties …

and earnings for different groups of workers over time. Microeconometric models of job stability and wages are estimated … overall job stability but decreasing wages and rising wage dispersion over time, which is in line with wage moderation … duration and wages, like low skilled, formerly unemployed and temporary agency workers. Again, we find evidence of a rise in …

. Effect of environment and administration on job evaluation.--The limits of union power over wages: Labor's income share and … the labor movement. The impacts of unions on the level of wages. Wage relationships: the comparative impact of market and …