The paper estimates how wages respond to changes in regional unemployment using detailed Swedish micro data. The study … is set in an economy with close to complete union coverage where real wages have grown continuously in all parts of the … estimated elasticity of wages. Wage adjustments are larger for employees with high unemployment risk and for new hires entering …

from confounded product-market concentration. Analysis extends beyond wages to rates of employment-based health insurance …

% to 73% in six years, and the decline for women was considerably larger. This employment fall is possibly the worst of any …, using the 1990-1996 survey years of the German Socio-Economic Panel. Individuals over fifty and women have much longer non …

setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions … estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in … influence worker outcomes, whether unions influence workers differently across their careers, and what the overall long …

setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions … estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in … influence worker outcomes, whether unions influence workers differently across their careers, and what the overall long …

identify the impact of state Right-to-Work (RTW) laws on wages, benefits, and union status among private and public sector … workers. Despite a modest effect of RTW laws on wages, results suggest RTW laws differentially affect benefits, proxied by …

wages. This paper also contributes to the wider literature by providing the first estimates of the longitudinal gain (loss …) associated with joining (leaving) a union with respect to non-wage benefits. The findings show joining (leaving) a union … increases (decreases) the probability of being in receipt of legally guaranteed benefits such as bonuses and paid holidays. This …

wages, part-time work and employee churn undercut workers’ ability to pay their rent.Hungry Cooks presents findings showing … in the City of Los Angeles.Most frontline fast food workers are precariously housed because of low wages and part …