-specific wage levels in a public-sector setting where wages otherwise are set according to individualized wage bargaining. The … agreement stipulated that wages should increase in proportion to the number of low-paid females within each establishment. We … find that actual wages among incubents responded to the share of females with a wage below the stipulated threshold …

wages to prevent them to quit. Similarly, workers with a high layoff probability give up some of their wage to prevent them … may be related to downward wage rigidity. While it is easy to renegotiate higher wages to prevent quits, it is much more … difficult to renegotiate lower wages to prevent layoffs even if that would overall be beneficial to the workers involved …

wages to prevent them to quit. Similarly, workers with a high layoff probability give up some of their wage to prevent them … may be related to downward wage rigidity. While it is easy to renegotiate higher wages to prevent quits, it is much more … difficult to renegotiate lower wages to prevent layoffs even if that would overall be beneficial to the workers involved …

firms to pay differentially high wages. We estimate individual worker hold-up power by occupation using the effect of worker … permanent firm productivity innovations to wages, supporting the main model predictions. Accounting for heterogeneity in hold …) hold-up power decreases the responsiveness of wages to labor market slack …

In this study, we examine the impact of minimum wages in Vietnam using individual-level data from the 2012-2020 annual … find significant effects from minimum wages on employment and monthly wages. However, we find a considerable negative …. Since total wages remain unchanged, a reduction in working hours results in an increase in hourly income. A 1% increase in …