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rates and the share of temporary contracts is established. The bargaining hypothesis that job security and wages are … hypothesis is contrasted with Rosen's theory of equalising differences where security and wages are substitutes. The empirical … insecurity and wages significantly negative level effects are found for Germany with some evidence for those in the UK. There is …
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UK. Changes in perceived job security are a factor in determining the change in wages …
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rates and the share of temporary contracts is established. The bargaining hypothesis that job security and wages are … hypothesis is contrasted with Rosen's theory of equalising differences where security and wages are substitutes. The empirical … insecurity and wages significantly negative level effects are found for Germany with some evidence for those in the UK. There is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317497
more need for layoffs and labour flexibility have lower wages in countries where stricter EPL protects workers from layoffs …-2005, particularly for wages of unskilled workers. However, we also find that where workers are well organised, they can take advantage … of EPL to secure higher wages. …
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In this paper, I examine the effect of tightness on wages in three Central European countries. The estimation is … on wages, since these are the major determinants of cost-push inflation. Thirdly, the magnitude of the spillover effect … from tightness to wages can help determine the efficiency of a targeted development policy. My contribution is directly …
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This article explores whether a relationship exists between the skill shortages that a market faces, and the wages in … that workers in markets with higher levels of skill shortages receive higher wages, although this effect is minimal. For …
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applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require wage data, it is invariant to the way in which wages are determined …
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the new minimum and those workers whose derived 1998 wages were below the minimum. Using difference … imperfectly competitive labour markets. Our estimates also suggest that two of the goals of the UK government – improving wages of …
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the new minimum and those workers whose derived 1998 wages were below the minimum. Using difference … imperfectly competitive labour markets. Our estimates also suggest that two of the goals of the UK government - improving wages of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413732
that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up …
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