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Die Lohnentwicklung in Deutschland war in den letzten Jahrzehnten in den unteren Lohnsegmenten überwiegend durch … innergewerkschaftlichem) gelungen, den allgemeinen Mindestlohn durchzusetzen. Obgleich daraufhin die untersten Löhne anstiegen, hat sich die … Niedriglohnquote nicht wesentlich verändert. Das kann auch darauf zurückgeführt werden, dass der Mindestlohn unterhalb der …
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Analysis in terms of the two-sector open economy shows that in bringing the market economy to East Germany, West Germany seems to have disregarded important fundamentals. Premature formation of a currency union led to a substantial real appreciation of the East German currency. Premature...
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Over the last ten years, Germany has been the country that has displayed the greatest degree of restraint in collective bargaining. Few other OECD countries have had such a modest increase in unit labour costs and few have lived below their means to the same extent in terms of wage policy. While...
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This paper analyzes a North-South trade model with costly offshoring and equilibrium unemployment due to union wage setting. Reductions in the amount of resources required in the offshoring process usually decrease employment, though the opposite can happen at a low initial level of offshoring...
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Swedish minimum wages are not regulated by law, but subject to bargaining between employers and trade unions and form part of collective agreements. This paper provides an overview of the Swedish minimum wage system, its characteristics and effects on employment and wages, and also discusses the...
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This paper investigates the degree of monopsony power of employers in different industries against the background of a statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a dynamic model of monopsonistic competition. The...
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