We use firm-level data from 10 European countries to establish several new stylized facts about firms’ labor market power. First, we find the pervasive presence of labor market power across countries and sectors, measured by average and median markdowns above unity. Second, focusing on the...

We study a generalization of Mirrlees' income taxation model in which qualifications of workers are both endogenous and observable by the government. Individuals differ by their inobservable abilities, which affect simultaneously their disutility of labor and their cost of training. In general...

This paper combines two of the most central features of modern labor markets —immigrants and unions —to examine the role of worker power in shaping immigrant sorting across firms, and how that subsequently influences the performance of firms and the careers of incumbent workers. First,...

In what follows, we examine the consequences of the recent developments in the labour market for the reorganization of work, the move towards multi-tasking and the consequent break-down of occupational barriers, the transformation of job opportunities, and the implications for inequality in the...

Achieving well in school, and completing Year 12, have significant employment and earnings outcomes for young people a decade or more after leaving school. Early school leavers have less chance of securing full-time employment, and a problematic early start in the labor market can be difficult...

This paper analyses the decline in unskilled employment in UK manufacturing.