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The European Labour Markets - Wage Norms in Europe - A Curse or Blessing?
Andersen, Torben - In: CESifo Forum 05 (2004) 1, pp. 31-33
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What Profit-Price Spirals Are Telling Us About Post-Pandemic Inflation
Bivens, Josh - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 3, pp. 167-168
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Who is Reaping the Gains from Globalisation? – The Role of Labour Market Flexibility
Seidel, Tobias - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 1, pp. 54-59
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Welfare Reform, Work and Wages: A Summary of the US Experience
Grogger, Jeffrey; Karoly, Lynn A. - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 2, pp. 8-12
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Does Smoking Really Harm Your Earnings so Much? Biases in Current Estimates of the Smoking Wage Penalty
Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael - In: Applied Economics Letters 17 (2010) 6, pp. 561-564
Empirical studies on the earnings effects of tobacco use have found significant wage penalties attached to smoking. This article produces evidence that suggests that these estimates are significantly upward biased. The bias arises from a general failure in the literature to control for past...
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Public sector contracting: An Australian study of changing work conditions
Ryan, Neal; Furneaux, Craig; Pink, Anthony; Brown, Kerry - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 4, pp. 438-457
. The study focuses on evaluating the impact of the contracting-out of these services on the wages and conditions of … savings for government, these resulted partly from a reduction in wages and benefits of former blue collar staff, despite the … best efforts of the Western Australian government to protect staff wages and benefits. The research makes an important …
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Minimum wages, wage dispersion and unemployment in search models. A review
Garloff, Alfred - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 43 (2010) 2, pp. 145-167
Facing the recent German debate on the minimum wage, this paper analyses theoretical effects of minimum wages on … influence of the minimum wage on wages and employment under each setting. Therefore, a major theoretical focus of the paper is … wages are generally binding and redistribute rents from firms to workers. Employment effects are more diverse. In the …
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Wage formation in Europe: Comparison of modelling strategies
Horn, Gustav Adolf - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 60 (1991) 3/4, pp. 135-141
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Multinational companies and wage inequality in the host country: the case of Ireland
Figini, Paolo; Görg, Holger - In: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 135 (1999) 4, pp. 594-612
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Reviving Germany's wealth tax creates high revenue potential
Bach, Stefan; Thiemann, Andreas - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 4/5, pp. 50-59
Compared to the rest of Europe, Germany exhibits an especially high concentration of wealth. According to estimates based on a microsimulation model, a German wealth tax could generate an estimated ten to 20 billion euros per year in revenue-even with high tax allowances-and slightly reduce the...
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