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Improving employment and earnings in 21st century labor markets : an introduction
Groshen, Erica L.; Holzer, Harry J. - 2019
What are the prospects for improving the lot of US workers in the 21st century? This introduction to the topic examines the most important US labor market trends of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, considers their causes and likely future trends; and then explores policies that might...
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Labor market closure and the stalling of the gender pay gap
Minkus, Lara - 2019
The gender pay gap (GPG) remains a persistent phenomenon in contemporary labor markets. Despite a vast body of research examining its causes, as of today, unequal labor market power resources between men and women have remained an underappreciated factor in the literature. Drawing on the...
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Wage Inequality and the Labour Market in Argentina : Labour Institutions, Supply and Demand in the Period 1980-99
Waisgrais, Sebastian - 2003
The present study is concerned with the economic and institutional factors affecting the relationship between the labour market and wage inequality in the Greater Buenos Aires area ("GBA") over the period 1980-99. The main hypothesis advanced is that the variations in levels of wage inequality...
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Collective Bargaining and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Italy
Devicienti, Francesco - 2016
In this paper we study the evolution of the Italian wage inequality, and of its determinants, using two decades of matched employer-employee data covering the entire population of private-sector workers and firms in the Veneto region. We find that wage inequality has increased since the...
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Collective bargaining and the evolution of wage inequality in Italy
Devicienti, Francesco; Fanfani, Bernardo; Maida, Agata - 2016
In this paper we study the evolution of the Italian wage inequality, and of its determinants, using two decades of matched employer-employee data covering the entire population of private-sector workers and firms in the Veneto region. We find that wage inequality has increased since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571912
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Perverse effects of two-tier wage bargaining structures : two-tier wage bargaining fails to link wages more closely to productivity and increases allocative inefficiencies
Boeri, Tito - 2015
Debate over labor market flexibility focuses mainly on firing costs, while largely ignoring wage determination and the need for collective bargaining reform. Most countries affected by the euro debt crisis have two-tier bargaining structures in which plant-level bargaining supplements national...
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Wage flexibility in a unionized economy with stable wage dispersion
Carlsson, Mikael; Häkkinen Skans, Iida; Nordström … - 2019
The paper estimates how wages respond to changes in regional unemployment using detailed Swedish micro data. The study … changes in regional unemployment. Accounting for the fluctuations in composition of the employees is important for the … estimated elasticity of wages. Wage adjustments are larger for employees with high unemployment risk and for new hires entering …
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Wage Structure, Raises and Mobility : International Comparisons of the Structure of Wages within and Across Firms
Lazear, Edward P.; Shaw, Kathryn L. - 2015
The returns to talent or performance have grown over time in developed countries. Is talent concentrated in a few firms or are firms virtual microcosms of the economy, each having close to identical distributions of talent? The data show that talent is not concentrated in a few companies, but is...
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To shape the future : how labor market entry conditions affect individuals s long-run wage profiles
Brunner, Beartice; Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
We study the long-run effects of initial labor market conditions on wages for a large sample of male individuals entering the Austrian labor market between 1978 and 2000. We find a robust negative effect of unfavorable entry conditions on starting wages. This initial effect turns out to be quite...
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Reflections on wage-setting
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to signal directions for market adjustments to ensure growth. Wage growth is driven by relative scarcity, labor productivity and expectations about inflation and future growth....
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