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 …

applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require wage data, it is invariant to the way in which wages are determined …

forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages … estimate the impact of training - controlling for its financing method - on wages levels and wages growth. We find that … employer-financed training increases wages both in the current and future firms, with some evidence that the impact in future …

This study analyzes the mobility between three labor market states: working in low paid jobs, working in higher paid …

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 …

UK. Changes in perceived job security are a factor in determining the change in wages …

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 …

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. …