work neutralising their beneficial effects on employment, has been envisaged by those opposing such policies. We … investigate this issue using microdata by the Bank of Italy. In Italy, the incidence of overtime work among male dependent workers … is relatively high. In particular, we seek to ascertain if, for Italy too, the fear that a reduction in working hours …

We use firm-level survey data from 25 EU countries to analyse how firms adjust their labour costs (employment, wages … likely to reduce employment, then hourly wages and then hours worked, regardless of the source of the shock. Results for the … response to positive shocks in 2010-13, firms were more likely to increase wages, followed by increases in employment and then …

. On average, the number of hours worked in more affected sectors fell, hourly wages rose, while employment did not …

bottom firms catching up with top firms in the Republic of Korea and the richest EU countries. Regarding employment and labor … skills, employment growth has generally been quite stagnant in all regions. Labor skills, for which we use the wage premium …. Our test of the productivity−employment link indicates that the size of employment tends to have a greater impact on …

This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in … employment. These decisions are strongly interrelated: Firms that increased prices relatively more often also showed a less … negative employment response. The relative importance of both adjustment margins is associated with product market competition …